Ambush

Definitions: Ambush

Ambush

Noun

1. The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.

Verb

1. Wait in hiding to attack.

2. Hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing.

Date "ambush" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	AMBUSH A language for linear programming problems in a materials processing and transportation network. ["AMBUSH - An Advanced Model Builder for Linear Programming", T.R. White et al, National Petroleum Refiners Assoc Comp Conf (Nov 1971)]. (1995-06-19). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Bible	Ambush Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Josh. 8:4-26). Shechem was taken in this manner (Judg. 9:30-45. Comp. Jer. 51:12). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
	If you lie in ambush to revenge yourself on others, you will unhesitatingly stoop to debasing actions to defraud your friends. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An ambush is a military tactic in warfare where one force uses concealment to attack a second force that moves into the area. Ambushers strike from concealed positions such as among dense underbrush, behind hilltops, and in camouflaged dugouts. This tactic is generally used by units below and up to platoon size, to attack units up to company size.

In civilian situations, it also means hiding where an intended victim is likely to come and committing some violence against him if he does. The legal term for it is "lying in wait," and in most criminal codes it is an aggravating factor, raising the seriousness of the crime and, therefore, increasing the penalty for it, because it proves premeditation.

Synonyms: Ambush

Synonyms: lying in wait (n), trap (n), ambuscade (v), bushwhack (v), lie in wait (v), lurk (v), scupper (v), still-hunt (v), waylay (v). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: ambushing (law).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Ambush	Lie in ambush; (hide oneself); lie in wait for, lurk; set a trap for; (deceive); ambuscade, ambush.
	Ambush, ambuscade; stalking horse; lurking hole, lurking place; secret path, back stairs; retreat; (refuge).
Concealment	Behind a screen; undercover, under an eclipse; in ambush, in hiding, in disguise; in a cloud, in a fog, in a mist, in a haze, in a dark corner; in the shade, in the dark; clouded, wrapped in clouds, wrapt in clouds; invisible; buried, underground, perdu; secluded.
	Be concealed; Verb: suffer an eclipse; retire from sight, couch; hide oneself; lie hid, lie in perdu, lie in close; lie in ambush (ambush); seclude oneself; lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl; steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along; play at bopeep, play at hide and seek; hide in holes and corners; still hunt.
Deception	Snare, trap, pitfall, decoy, gin; springe, springle; noose, hoot; bait, decoy-duck, tub to the whale, baited trap, guet-a-pens; cobweb, net, meshes, toils, mouse trap, birdlime; dionaea, Venus's flytrap; ambush; trapdoor, sliding panel, false bottom; spring-net, spring net, spring gun, mask, masked battery; mine; flytrap; green goods; panel house.
Pitfall	Precipice; maelstrom, volcano; ambush; pitfall, trapdoor; trap; (snare).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Ambush

English words defined with "ambush": Ambuscadoed, Ambushed, Ambushing, Ambushment ♦ bushwhacking ♦ dry-gulching ♦ Emboyssement, Embush, Embushment, Enambush ♦ Forlay ♦ Insidiate, Insidiator ♦ lurk, lying in wait ♦ Perdu, Perdue ♦ skulk, stalk, stalking, still hunt ♦ To lay an ambush, To lay wait for, To lie in wait. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ambush": Ambush ♦ Zacocia. (references)

Etymologies containing "ambush": Ambushment ♦ Bushment ♦ Embush ♦ Insidiate, insidious. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Smell like an ambush to you? (We Were Soldiers; writing credit: Harold G. Moore; Joseph L. Galloway)
Clever	If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Ambush (1973) Apache Ambush (1955) Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953) Wild Horse Ambush (1952) Canyon Ambush (1952)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Ambush (Seal Team Seven, 15) (reference) Ambush at Amboseli (Anika Scott, No 4) (reference) Ambush at Corellia (Star Wars: The Corellian Trilogy, Book 1) (reference) Ambush at Fort Bragg (reference) Ambush in the Ashes (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Ambush (reference) Dragon Ball Z:Fusion - Ambush (reference) Ambush in Mogadishu (reference) Dragon Ball Z - Fusion - Ambush (Uncut) (reference) Night Ambush (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Ambush on All Sides (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Russian troops in a cornfield near Stalingrad wait to ambush advancing German troops.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Sir Samuel Garth	Some fell by laudanum, and some by steel, and death in ambush lay in every pill.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	Law, morality, religion, are to him so many bourgeois prejudices, behind which lurk in ambush just as many bourgeois interests. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He felt that the police was somewhere near by in ambush, awaiting the signal agreed upon, and all ready to stretch out its arm.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Burundi	On June 9, FDD rebels killed Anglican archdeacon Jodl Beheda and two other persons in an ambush on their van near Makamba. (references)
	Burundi	On June 11, rebels killed one nun in an ambush on a vehicle in the area of Mutambara belonging to the Roman Catholic bishop of Bururi. (references)
Economic History	Russia	By spring 2000, federal forces claimed control over Chechan territory, but fighting continues as rebel fighters regularly ambush Russian forces in the region. (references)
Human Rights	Bolivia	On August 2, a policeman was wounded in an ambush in the Chapare. (references)
	Macedonia	The only survivors were those who were able to escape the scene of the ambush. (references)
	Uganda	On September 1, LRA terrorists killed one relief worker and four civilians in an ambush in Gulu. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Benjamin Harrison	1889-1893	Dangers have been in frequent ambush along our path, but we have uncovered and vanquished them all.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Ambush" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.21% of the time. "Ambush" is used about 228 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	84.21%	192	22,147
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	10.96%	25	69,787
Lexical Verb (base form)	4.39%	10	111,207
Noun (proper)	0.44%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	228	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "ambush".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Zeredah	N/A	Biblical	Ambush
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ambush": ambush smb. ♦ be in ambush for smb. ♦ fall into an ambush ♦ in ambush ♦ lay an ambush ♦ lie in ambush ♦ lie in ambush for ♦ lie in ambush for smb. ♦ To lay an ambush. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "ambush": anti-ambush, cattle-ambush, counter-ambush, euro-ambush.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "ambush"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		agterlaag. (various references)

Albanian		sulmoj nga pusia, pritë (ambuscade, barrage, blind, boom, sluice, wait), i zë pritë (lay for, waylay). (various references)

Arabic		‏كمين (ambuscade, snare, trap, wait), ‏كمن (ambuscade, dwell, lie in wait, position, reside, smolder, smoulder, waylay), ‏مكمن (ambuscade, hiding place, lay, lurking, lurking place), ‏تربص. (various references)

Bulgarian		устройвам засада, укритие, капан (deadfall, death trap, man-trap, mousetrap, net, pit, pitfall, snare, trap, trepan, web), клопка (booby trap, gin, net, pitfall, snare, toils, trap, web), войници в засада, нападение от засада, нападам от засада, засада (ambuscade, off side, offside), завардвам, дебна (be on the lurk, be on the prowl, mouse, prowl, shadow, skulk, slink about, sneak, stalk, trail, watch, waylay). (various references)

Chinese		埋伏 . (various references)

Czech		nástraha (snare, trap), útok ze zálohy, èíhat v záloze. (various references)

Dutch		hinderlaag (felonious assault, snare), een hinderlaag leggen. (various references)

Esperanto		embusko, embuski. (various references)

Faeroese		liggja í slysi, lúra, fjala seg. (various references)

Farsi		پناه گاه , مخفی گاه سربازان برای حمله , کینگاه , کمین کردن (Lurk, Stalk, Waylay), کمین , سربازانی که درکمین نشسته اند, دام (Decoy, Grin, Net, Noose, Pitfall, Quicksand, Snare, Toil, Trap), درکمین نشستن . (various references)

Finnish		väijytys (ambuscade, felonious assault). (various references)

French		guet-apens. (various references)

German		Hinterhalt (felonious assault, reserve). (various references)

Greek		ενέδρα (ambuscade, lurking, lurking place, lying in wait). (various references)

Hebrew		לארוב (lie in wait, lurk, skulk), לצ�"ות (lie in wait, lurk, waylay), ארב (groin, lair), כמ� �" (hiding place, trap). (various references)

Hungarian		leshely (ambuscade, hide, lurk, lurking-place). (various references)

Indonesian		adang (intercept), perangkap (decoy, gin, pitfall, snare, trap), penyergap, pengadangan. (various references)

Italian		imboscata (ambuscade, felonious assault, wait). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		潜伏 (concealment, hiding, incubation), 伏兵 (troops in ambush). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふくぜい, ふくへい (troops in ambush), ふせぜい, せ�"ぷく (bottoms, concealment, freight space, hiding, incubation, shipping, ship's beam, ship's hold, side or bottom of a ship, tonnage), よう�'き (ambush attack, assault). (various references)

Manx		lhie fo chlea (belay, belay ambush). (various references)

Pig Latin		ambushay

Portuguese		emboscada (ambuscade, felonious assault, wait). (various references)

Romanian		ambuscadã (ambuscade), sta la pândã (ambuscade, be on the watch, lie in ambush, lie in wait, lurch, spy, watch), prinde într-o ambuscadã, pândi (lie by for, lie in wait for, lurk, spy, watch, waylay), pândã (guard, lurch, wait, watch), cursã (chase, course, decoy, drive, errand, gin, journey, pit, pitfall, race, races, ride, riding, run, running, snare, springe, stroke, take in, the dogs, toil, trap). (various references)

Russian		устраивать засаду (lay an ambush, make an ambush), нападать из засады, засада (ambuscade, duck blind, wait). (various references)

Scottish		forbhas. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zaseda (ambuscade), napasti iz zasede (waylay). (various references)

Spanish		emboscada (ambuscade), acecho (spying, watching). (various references)

Swedish		försåt (booby trap, felonious assault, snare), bakhåll (ambuscade, felonious assault). (various references)

Thai		�"ักจับ (lay a snare, lay a trap for, lay an ambush). (various references)

Turkish		tuzak kurmak (ambuscade, lay a plot, lay a trap for, set a snare, set a snare for smb., set a trap for, set up, snare, trap), tuzak (a warm corner, ambuscade, catch, cobweb, come on, complot, decoy, gin, hook, lure, net, noose, snare, springe, toil, toilets, toils, trap, wire), pusuya yerleştirmek (ambuscade), pusuya yatmak (ambuscade, couch, lie in wait, lie in wait for, lurk, waylay), pusuya yatmış askerler (ambuscade), pusuya düşürmek (ambuscade), pusu (ambuscade, blind, wait). (various references)

Ukranian		влаштовувати засідку (ambuscade, lay an ambush), нападати із засідки, засідка (ambuscade, hide, roadblock, wait), загін у засідці, заманювати в засідку. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự nằm chờ, quân mai phục nơi phục kích, nơi mai phục sự nằm rình, cuộc phục kích, cuộc mai phục quân phục kích. (various references)

Welsh		rhagod (hinder, meet, waylay), cynllwyn (beset, conspire, plot). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	dolus, insidiae, insidiarum, insidias, insidiis. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	embuscher. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Joshua Chapter 8, Verse 7
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	UmeiV de exanasthsesqe ek thV enedraV kai poreusesqe eiV thn polin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Nobis ergo fugientibus et illis sequentibus consurgetis de insidiis et vastabitis civitatem tradetque eam Dominus Deus vester in manus vestras
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Vs thanne fleynge and hem pursuynge, ye shulen ryse fro the busshement, and ye shulen waast the cytee; and the Lord youre God shal taak it into youre hoondis.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Then ye shall rise from the ambush and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Joshua Chapter 8, Verse 7
Cebuano	Ug manindog kamo gikan sa inyong banhiganan, ug agawon ninyo ang ciudad: kay si Jehova nga inyong Dios, magahatag niana sa inyong kamot.
Croatian	Tada provalite iz zasjede i zauzmite grad: Jahve, Bog vaš, predat æe vam ga u ruke.
Danish	skal I bryde frem fra Bagholdet og tage Byen, thi HERREN eders Gud vil give den i eders Hånd.
Dutch	Dan zult gijlieden opstaan uit de achterlage, en gij zult de stad innemen; want de HEERE, uw God, zal ze in uw hand geven.
Finnish	silloin nouskaa te väijytyksestä ja ottakaa kaupunki haltuunne, sillä Herra, teidän Jumalanne, antaa sen teidän käsiinne.
French	Vous sortirez alors de l`embuscade, et vous vous emparerez de la ville, et l`Éternel, votre Dieu, la livrera entre vos mains.
German	sollt ihr euch aufmachen aus dem Hinterhalt und die Stadt einnehmen; denn der HERR, euer Gott, wird sie in eure Hände geben.
Hungarian	Ti támadjatok elõ a leshelybõl, és foglaljátok el a várost, mert az Úr, a ti Istenetek adja azt a ti kezetekbe.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Pada waktu itulah kalian harus keluar dari tempat persembunyianmu, dan merebut kota itu. TUHAN Allahmu akan menyerahkannya kepadamu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka pada masa itu hendaklah kamu keluar dari tempat pengadangmu, lalu masuk mengambil negeri, karena Tuhan, Allahmu, akan menyerahkan dia kepada tanganmu.
Italian	voi balzerete dall'agguato e occuperete la citt� e il Signore vostro Dio la metter� in vostro potere.
Maori	Hei reira koutou whakatika ai i te pehipehi, a ka tomo i te pa; ma Ihowa hoki, ma to koutou Atua e tuku ki o koutou ringa.
Norwegian	skal I reise eder fra bakholdet og innta byen, og Herren eders Gud skal gi den i eders hånd.
Rumanian	Voi sq iewiyi atunci dela pkndq wi sq puneyi mkna pe cetate, wi Domnul, Dumnezeul vostru, o va da kn mknile voastre.
Spanish	y vosotros os levantaréis de la emboscada y os apoderaréis de la ciudad, pues Jehovah vuestro Dios la entregará en vuestra mano.
Swedish	Men under det att vi fly för dem, skolen I bryta fram ifrån bakhållet och intaga staden, ty HERREN, eder Gud, har givit den i eder hand.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ambush": ambushed, ambusher, ambushers, ambushes, ambushing, ambushment, ambushments. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ambush" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abmaphd, Ambasz, Ambesi, Ambu, ammish, amuch, amuesha, Anusha, Apbus, Bambusa, Mabus, Mabuse, Mabuza, Rambusch, Wambaugh, Yanoush. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ambush" (pronounced a"mbuh'sh)
3	-b uh' sh	rosebush, shadbush.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-h-m-s-u"
	-1 letter: habus, subah.
	-2 letters: amus, bams, bash, bums, bush, habu, hams, hubs, hums, mash, mush, sham, suba.
	-3 letters: abs, amu, ash, bah, bam, bas, bum, bus, ham, has, hub, hum, mas, mus, sab, sau, sha, sub, sum.
	-4 letters: ab, ah, am, as, ba, ha, hm, ma, mu, sh, uh, um, us.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-h-m-s-u"
	+1 letter: bushman, maybush, rhumbas, sambhur.
	+2 letters: ambushed, ambusher, ambushes, hamburgs, sambhurs, subhuman.
	+3 letters: ambushers, ambushing, badmouths, broughams, dumbheads, humpbacks, maybushes, subhumans.
	+4 letters: ambushment, amphibious, bushmaster, hamburgers, herbariums, husbandman, husbandmen, thumbnails, thumbtacks.
	+5 letters: ambushments, blasphemous, bushmasters, ethambutols.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6D 62 75 73 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.- -- -... ..- ... ....

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101101 01100010 01110101 01110011 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#109 &#98 &#117 &#115 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006D 0062 0075 0073 0068

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
ambush	90	ambush shop skate	3
ambush makeover	29	ambush in mogadishu	3
ambush tv	13	ambush iraq	3
ambush paintball	12	ambush lure	3
ambush bug	11	alpharetta ambush	3
ambush marketing	7	ambush makeovers	3
ambush magazine	6	ambush bonnie clyde	2
ambush kayak	6	ambush insecticide	2
ambush beach	6	ambush pack pocket tank	2
ambush kayak ocean	6	ambush skateboard	2
ambush by dana	5	ambush boarding co	2
ambush mogadishu	4	ambush obrien	2
ambush boarding company	4	ambush camouflage	2
ambush doug goss	4	1999 ambush	2
ambush in iraq	4	ambush klub	2
ambush band	3	ambush soccer	2
ambush learned lesson nam viet	3	507th ambush	2
ambush scott	3	ambush cologne	2
st louis ambush	3	ambush wakeboards	2
ambush fox makeover	3	ambush commander	2
ambush perfume	3	ambush raleigh	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Ambush

Definitions: Ambush

Ambush

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Specialty Definition: Ambush

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Ambush

Concealment

Deception

Pitfall

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Sir Samuel Garth

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Communist Manifesto

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

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Benjamin Harrison

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