ambushes 1 of 2

plural of ambush
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as in attacks
a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait revolutionaries laid in ambush for the king along the route his carriage would travel

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as in traps
a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise thinking that he was getting into his assigned limousine, the diplomat did not realize that he was the victim of an ambush as he was being lured into his captor's car

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ambushes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ambush

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Recent Examples of ambushes
Noun
The mission has also lost two members of its force in gang ambushes; while one has been confirmed dead the other is still been regarded as missing even though local media has reported him as dead. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025 The recent Hamas ambushes have also raised growing concerns among Israeli military officials that more soldiers could be captured. Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambushes
Noun
  • Despite the downward pressure on cost of cyber attacks, the sector continues to grow, as more companies treat cyber security incidents as a top priority.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This prevents many attacks that use lookalike domain names or hacks such as DNS cache poisoning to create rogue sites masquerading as the real, trusted ones.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her latest project, monitoring 50 camera traps in the understudied Atascosa highlands region in southern Arizona resulted in a remarkable discovery.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, there are traps to avoid.
    S.W. Miliano, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If that surprises you, don’t feel alarmed.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Possibly, a relative, neighbor or daily contact will do something that surprises you.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025

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