as in attacked
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise
the king's enemies planned to ambush the royal coach on the way to Paris and capture the king
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Recent Examples of ambushed
On the fourth day, his team was ambushed and outnumbered by Vietnamese fighters.
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Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Ex-Rep Elaine Luria ambushed on camera over 2000% net worth spike during tenure.
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FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Al Drago / Getty Images Dockery was serving as a platoon leader in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan in October 2012 when his platoon was ambushed by dozens of Taliban fighters, the White House said.
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Faris Tanyos,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
On the fourth day, his team was ambushed and outnumbered by Vietnamese fighters.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
Overnight on July 4, 2025, more than a dozen heavily armed antifa militants belonging to a Dallas-area antifa chapter ambushed Homeland Security personnel guarding the ICE holding site near Fort Worth.
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Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
He feels emotionally ambushed, and what plays out is as if Marriage Story were an absolute chucklefest, as Lestat gets increasingly worked up and jealous over Louis’s relationships with other men.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
On June 27, 2016, a man was ambushed when his vehicle came to a stop in a residential neighborhood in San Jose.
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Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
Situated on Route 33 in Manalapan, this state park has preserved the 18th-century landscape of one of the biggest battles of the Revolutionary War, where the Continental Army ambushed the British army along their route from Philadelphia to New York City.
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Usa Today Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Ex-Rep Elaine Luria ambushed on camera over 2000% net worth spike during tenure.
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FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Al Drago / Getty Images Dockery was serving as a platoon leader in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan in October 2012 when his platoon was ambushed by dozens of Taliban fighters, the White House said.
—
Faris Tanyos,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
On the fourth day, his team was ambushed and outnumbered by Vietnamese fighters.
—
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Overnight on July 4, 2025, more than a dozen heavily armed antifa militants belonging to a Dallas-area antifa chapter ambushed Homeland Security personnel guarding the ICE holding site near Fort Worth.
—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
He feels emotionally ambushed, and what plays out is as if Marriage Story were an absolute chucklefest, as Lestat gets increasingly worked up and jealous over Louis’s relationships with other men.
—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
On June 27, 2016, a man was ambushed when his vehicle came to a stop in a residential neighborhood in San Jose.
—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
Situated on Route 33 in Manalapan, this state park has preserved the 18th-century landscape of one of the biggest battles of the Revolutionary War, where the Continental Army ambushed the British army along their route from Philadelphia to New York City.
—
Usa Today Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambushed
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Daga, Berto, Angel, Bronco Nima and Karmen Petrovic attacked El Grande Americano and took off their jackets to reveal their Los Perros del Mal T-shirts.
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The prosecution said the two activists had incited a mob that subsequently attacked a security vehicle, seized the soldier and beat him to death with sticks and bricks.
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Louis rips his spine out, dislocates his jaw, and reads Claudia’s diary entries about how she was repeatedly assaulted by him.
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Two officers were assaulted during this time.
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After making off with a substantial stack of cash from her job to fund a new life with boyfriend Sam Loomis (John Gavin), she gets waylaid by a rainstorm and stops to spend the night at the Bates Motel, run by awkward mama’s boy Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).
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Then, minutes into the speech, Santos posted on X that he had been waylaid at the airport.
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But you may be surprised by the old-timey charms of this beachfront American town.
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The news surprised local law enforcement at the time, who said the information did not come from them.
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Los Angeles police have arrested a 19-year-old woman suspected of attacking a hot dog street vendor in downtown Los Angeles in a violent episode that was captured on video and sparked public outrage.
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Her family proudly captured the moment at graduation the next week, as her classmates laughed and cheered along, based on footage shared with the AJC.
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“Ambushed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambushed. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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