Ambuscade Definition

ămbə-skād, ămbə-skād
ambuscaded, ambuscades, ambuscading
noun
ambuscades
An ambush.
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Webster's New World

(dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.

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The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
Wiktionary
The body of troops lying in ambush.
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Synonyms:
verb
ambuscaded
To attack suddenly and without warning from a concealed place; ambush.
American Heritage

(dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

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Other Word Forms of Ambuscade

Noun

Singular:
ambuscade
Plural:
ambuscades

Origin of Ambuscade

  • French embuscade, from Italian imboscata, or Spanish emboscada, from emboscar (“to ambush”), from Late Latin imboscare, from Frankish *boscu, *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *busk- (“bush, heavy stick”). More at bush.

    From Wiktionary

  • French embuscade (from Old French embuschier to ambush) Old Italian imboscata (from) (feminine past participle of imboscare to ambush) both from Frankish boscu bush, woods

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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