as in ambushes
a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait
ambushments were a constant threat to travelers along the road to London
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Noun
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In basic multiplayer fashion, there are bottlenecked spaces for ambushes, and everything loops together just fine for flanking.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Aside from games like volleyball and dominoes, Gach says some children stage fake ambushes on one another while pretending to be government forces or rebel fighters.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Often, one of the pair is more offensive or box-to-box in their profile, with the other being more of a traditional, defensive-minded midfielder whose strengths are to break up opposition attacks.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Scatological attacks are usually the province of outsiders trying to cut the powerful down to size.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After their visits, stuff is always missing from my house — a hairbrush, my dog’s electric nail file, random dishes and plates, rat traps, laundry detergent packets, dollar store craft items, etc.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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After their visits, stuff is always missing from my house — a hairbrush, my dog’s electric nail file, random dishes and plates, rat traps, laundry detergent packets, dollar store craft items, etc.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Ambushments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambushments. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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