- 1to make a surprise attack on someone or something from a hidden position The guerrillas ambushed them near the bridge.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- 2(figurative) She was ambushed by reporters.
ambush
verbNAmE//ˈæmbʊʃ//
ambush somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they ambush he / she / it ambushes
past simple ambushed
-ing form ambushing
Check pronunciation: ambush