ambuscade

(am′bəs kād′; also, esp.for n., am′bəs kād′)

noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb ambuscaded, ambuscading

ambush

Origin: Fr embuscade < embusquer, to ambush, altered (after It imboscare) < OFr embuschier: see ambush

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noun

An ambush.

transitive verb am·bus·cad·ed, am·bus·cad·ing, am·bus·cades

To attack suddenly and without warning from a concealed place; ambush. See Synonyms at ambush.

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Origin: French embuscade (from Old French embuschier, to ambush)

Origin: and Old Italian imboscata (from feminine past participle of imboscare, to ambush)

Origin: , both from Frankish *boscu, bush, woods

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