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- warned by one of their scouts of an Apache ambuscade, the Comanches took a different path through the mountains
Synonyms for ambuscade
- ambush,
- ambushment,
- surprise
- (also surprize),
- trap
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- marching to the rescue of the besieged Fort Stanwix, 800 colonial militiamen were ambuscaded by a force of Loyalist troops and their Native American allies
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“Ambuscade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambuscade. Accessed 22 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of ambuscade was circa 1588
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