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ambushes

noun , plural of ambush

Synonyms and Antonyms of ambushes

1 a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait

revolutionaries laid in ambush for the king along the route his carriage would travel

Synonyms of ambushes

ambuscades, ambushments, surprises (also surprizes), traps

Words Related to ambushes

assaults, attacks, charges, sallies

captures, entrapments, mousetraps, snares

2 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

Synonyms of ambushes

nets, snares, traps, webs

Words Related to ambushes

enmeshments, entanglements, entrapments, envelopments

booby traps, catches, hazards, land mines, pitfalls, snags

artifices, cheats, deceptions, double-dealings, duplicities, ploys, ruses, subterfuges, tricks

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