Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.

    Hinterhalt

    заса́даzasáda

    the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

  2. (countable, uncountable)An attack launched from a concealed position.

    заса́даzasáda

    за́сідкаzásidka, заса́даzasáda, підсі́дкаpidsídka

  3. (countable, uncountable)The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.

    заса́даzasáda

  5. (collective, countable, uncountable)A group of tigers.

Examples

66 sentences
  1. They ambushed us.

    Вони влаштували нам засідку.

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  2. Tom was killed in an ambush.

    ruТом был убит в результате засады.

    deTom wurde in einem Hinterhalt getötet.

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  3. Tom explained how the ambush would work.

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  4. Tell me about the ambush.

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  5. We've been ambushed.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
attack:
Русский
By meaning 1
act:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act:

Origin

From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle

From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”) (whence also bouquet), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.

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Forms

plural: ambushes
Singularambush
Pluralambushes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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