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Meaning of Ambush | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈæm.bʊʃ

Definitions

  1. The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.
  2. An attack launched from a concealed position.
  3. The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
  4. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.

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Examples

“Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.”
“the Georgean hills, Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:”
“Therefore, why not wait in ambush for Conrad behind the door, and when he entered bring down a chair, or one of the decrepit pictures, smartly on to his head.”
“And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand: and they entred into the city, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.”

CEFR level

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