ambuscading

present participle of ambuscade
as in ambushing
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise 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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  • The president has constantly mocked Powell on social media, and accused him of mismanaging renovations of the Fed’s headquarters, even ambushing the Fed chief with a new cost estimate for a facility renovation in front of rolling television cameras.
    Tobias Burns, The Hill, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, rogues’ daggers deal heavy damage when ambushing foes with a flurry of stamina-draining attacks.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • At least four young men are seen attacking the boy at various points.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • When combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors – the breakthrough immunotherapy that prevents the immune system from attacking healthy cells – the T cells' tumor-fighting capacity was further enhanced.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Ambuscading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambuscading. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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