ambush
verb/ˈæmbʊʃ/
/ˈæmbʊʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ambush | /ˈæmbʊʃ/ /ˈæmbʊʃ/ |
| he / she / it ambushes | /ˈæmbʊʃɪz/ /ˈæmbʊʃɪz/ |
| past simple ambushed | /ˈæmbʊʃt/ /ˈæmbʊʃt/ |
| past participle ambushed | /ˈæmbʊʃt/ /ˈæmbʊʃt/ |
| -ing form ambushing | /ˈæmbʊʃɪŋ/ /ˈæmbʊʃɪŋ/ |
- ambush somebody/something to make a surprise attack on somebody/something from a hidden position
- The guerrillas ambushed them near the bridge.
- (figurative) She was ambushed by reporters.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAmbush is used with these nouns as the object:- convoy
- patrol
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘place troops in hiding in order to surprise an enemy’): from Old French embusche (noun), embuschier (verb), based on a late Latin word meaning ‘to place in a wood’; related to bush.
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