ambush
/ˈæm.bʊʃ/ noun C1- The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.
- An attack launched from a concealed position.
- The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
- The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
- A group of tigers.
Plural ambushes
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A Lion lay in ambush in the hope of making them his prey, but was afraid to attack them while they kept together.
de Villefort, that General Quesnel, whom they believed attached to the usurper, but who was really entirely devoted to me, has perished the victim of a Bonapartist ambush?”
“I thought as much—and knowing your admirable tenacity I was convinced that you were sitting in ambush, a weapon within reach, waiting for the tenant to return.
“Yes, we shall make our little ambush here.
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