Ambushing - English meaning

Ambushing – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position.
Usage examples:
They were ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy
Synonims:
Attack by surprise Trap Surprise Pounce on Lay a trap for Set an ambush for Lie in wait for Waylay Entrap Ensnare Bushwhack Ambuscade

noun
A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position.
Usage examples:
Seven members of a patrol were killed in an ambush

verb
Present participle of ambush
Usage examples:
Five soldiers died after their bus was ambushed on a country road., he was ambushed by gunmen on hi…

Ambushing translation into English

Ambushing: translate from English into Chinese

伏击, 打埋伏

Ambushing: translate from English into Dutch

Overvallen, Verdekt opstellen, In hinderlaag leggen

Ambushing: translate from English into French

Embuscade, Embusquer, Faire une embuscade

Ambushing: translate from English into German

Hinterhalt, Aus dem hinterhalt überfallen

Ambushing: translate from English into Hindi

घात लगाना

Ambushing: translate from English into Italian

Agguato, Tendere un'imboscata a

Ambushing: translate from English into Korean

매복, 숨어서 기다리다, 요격하다

Ambushing: translate from English into Russian

Засада, Устраивать засаду, Нападать из засады, Заманивать в засаду

Ambushing: translate from English into Spanish

Emboscada, Tender una emboscada, Emboscarse, Acechar

Word origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘place troops in hiding in order to surprise an enemy’): from Old French embusche (noun), embuschier (verb), based on a late Latin word meaning ‘to place in a woo

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Ambushing – similar words

ambushes

noun
A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position.
Usage examples:
Seven members of a patrol were killed in an ambush

verb
Make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position.
Usage examples:
They were ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy

noun
A sudden and surprising attack on a person or group by one or more people who have been hiding and waiting for them
Usage examples:
Seven commandos were wounded in an ambush., the air cavalry was ambushed and suffered big losses.

Ambushes - all meanings in English

ambusher

noun
A person who lies in ambush, or who habitually uses ambush as a strategy.

Ambusher - all meanings in English

ambushed

verb
Make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position.
Usage examples:
They were ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy

noun
A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position.
Usage examples:
Seven members of a patrol were killed in an ambush

verb
Past simple and past participle of ambush
Usage examples:
Five soldiers died after their bus was ambushed on a country road., he was ambushed by gunmen on hi…

Ambushed - all meanings in English

ambush

noun
A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position.
Usage examples:
Seven members of a patrol were killed in an ambush

verb
Make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position.
Usage examples:
They were ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy

noun
A sudden and surprising attack on a person or group by one or more people who have been hiding and waiting for them
Usage examples:
Seven commandos were wounded in an ambush., the air cavalry was ambushed and suffered big losses.

Ambush - all meanings in English

Ambushing synonims

ambuscade

noun
An ambush.
Usage examples:
Our sensibilities are being battered with reports of killings and ambuscades

verb
Ambush (someone).
Usage examples:
French and his companions were ambuscaded by the indians

Ambuscade - all meanings in English

bushwhack

verb
Live or travel in wild or uncultivated country.
Usage examples:
For 12 years, he has bushwhacked across southern utah

verb
Cut one's way through the woods or bush

Bushwhack - all meanings in English

ensnare

verb
Catch in or as in a trap.
Usage examples:
They were ensnared in city centre traffic

verb
Take or catch as if in a trap

verb
To catch or get control of something or someone
Usage examples:
Spiders ensnare flies and other insects in their webs., be ensnared in they wanted to make a formal…

Ensnare - all meanings in English

entrap

verb
Catch in or as in a trap.
Usage examples:
Discarded fishing lines can entrap wildlife

verb
To deceive someone into doing something wrong so that the person will be caught
Usage examples:
He claimed he was the victim of fbi entrapment.

Entrap - all meanings in English

surprise

noun
An unexpected or astonishing event, fact, etc.
Usage examples:
The announcement came as a complete surprise

verb
(of something unexpected) cause (someone) to feel mild astonishment or shock.
Usage examples:
I was surprised at his statement

noun
An unexpected event, or the feeling caused when something unexpected happens
Usage examples:
[ c ] don’t tell ann we’re having a party for her – i want it to be a surprise., [ c ] last night’s…

Surprise - all meanings in English

trap

træp

noun
A device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.
Usage examples:
The squirrels ravaged the saplings, despite the baited traps

verb
Short for trapdoor.

verb
Put trappings on (a horse).
Usage examples:
The horses were trapped with black velvet

Trap - all meanings in English

waylay

verb
Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way.
Usage examples:
He waylaid me on the stairs

verb
To wait for and then stop someone, especially either to attack or talk to that person
Usage examples:
A man on his way to deposit $12,000 in a bank was waylaid by two men who snatched his bag., i meant…

Waylay - all meanings in English

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