ambushment

Variant of ambush

ambush definition

am·bush (am′bo̵os̸h′)

noun

  1. a deployment of persons in hiding to make a surprise attack
    1. the persons in hiding
    2. their place of hiding
  3. the act of so lying in wait to attack
  4. a surprise attack made by persons waiting in ambush

Etymology: OFr embusche < embuschier: see ambushthe

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to hide in ambush
  2. to attack from ambush

Etymology: ME embusshen < OFr embuschier, to lay an ambush < ML *imboscare < in-, in- + boscus, woods < Frank busk, akin to bush

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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