Definition of ambuscade Ambuscade

am•bus•cade

We found 15 definitions of ambuscade from 8 different sources.

What does ambuscade mean?

Noun
ambuscade - the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
		ambush, lying in wait, trap
		coup de main, surprise attack an attack without warning
Verb
ambuscade - wait in hiding to attack
		ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, lie in wait
		wait serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"

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ambuscade (Noun)
An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
ambuscade (Verb)
To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

ambuscade (v. t.)
A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.
ambuscade (v. t.)
A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
ambuscade (v. t.)
The body of troops lying in ambush.
ambuscade (v. t.)
To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
ambuscade (v. t.)
To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
ambuscade (v. i.)
To lie in ambush.

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

ambuscade
am′busk-ād, n. a hiding to attack by surprise: a body of troops in concealment: the hidden place of ambush—used also as a verb.—n. Ambuscā′do, a now archaic form of Ambuscade (common in 17th century):—pl. Ambuscā′does. [Fr. embuscade. See Ambush.]

ambuscade
[Span. emboscada]. A body of men lying in wait to surprise an enemy, or cut off his supplies; also the site where they lurk. This, as well as ambush, obviously arose from woods having afforded hiding-places.

ambuscade
A snare set for an enemy either to surprise him when marching without precaution, or to draw him on by different stratagems to attack him with a superior force.