Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To attack by ambush; to waylay.

    aus dem Hinterhalt angreifen

    напада́ть из заса́дыnapadátʹ iz zasády

    wait in hiding to attack

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.

    einen Hinterhalt legen

    устра́ивать заса́дуustráivatʹ zasádu

Examples

66 sentences

  1. They ambushed us.

    Вони влаштували нам засідку. — deniko

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  2. Tom was killed in an ambush.

    ruТом был убит в результате засады. — odexed

    deTom wurde in einem Hinterhalt getötet. — brauchinet

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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

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy:
to attack by ambush; to waylay:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy:
to attack by ambush; to waylay:

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

ambushes, ambushing, ambushed, ambushed
Base formambush · to ambush
3rd person singularambushes
Present participleambushing
Past simpleambushed
Past participleambushed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyambush
he, she, itambushes

Past simpleLesson

all personsambushed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ambushed
he, she, ithas ambushed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ambush

Synonyms

8 synonyms
jumpA1ambuscade
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedambusher
Derivedcounterambushambushableoutambushunambushed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ambleambulanceB1ameliaameliorateamen
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