Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ambush
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Ambush
ambush
I. verb Etymology: Middle English embushen, from Anglo-French embuscher, from en in (from Latin in) + busche log, firewood Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to station in ~ 2. to attack from an ~ ; waylay intransitive verb to lie in wait ; lurk • ~er noun • ~ment noun II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a trap in which concealed persons lie in wait to attack by surprise 2. the persons stationed in ~; also their concealed position 3. an attack especially from an ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 a surprise attack by persons (e.g. troops) in a concealed position. 2 a the concealment of troops etc. to make such an attack. b the place where they are concealed. c the troops etc. concealed. --v.tr. 1 attack by means of an ambush. 2 lie in wait for. Etymology: ME f. OF embusche, embuschier, f. a Rmc form = 'put in a wood': rel. to BUSH(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. обыкн. воен. засада to be in ambush —- находиться в засаде to trap the enemy by ambush —- заманить противника в засаду to be attacked from ambush —- подвергнуться нападению из засады to fall into an ambush —- попасть в засаду to make an ambush —- устраивать засаду 2. засада, отряд, находящийся в засаде the ambush was a dozen well-armed men —- в засаде находилось двенадцать хорошо вооруженных людей 3. обыкн. воен. устраивать засаду 4. обыкн. воен. нападать из засады 5. обыкн. воен. заманивать в засаду the police ambushed the criminal and arrested him —- полиция заманила преступника в засаду и арестовала его ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun засада - make an ambush - lay an ambush - lie in ambush 2. v. 1) находиться, сидеть в засаде 2) устраивать засаду 3) нападать из засады Syn: see waylay ...Англо-русский словарь
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(ambushes, ambushing, ambushed) 1. If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them. The Guatemalan army says rebels ambushed and killed 10 patrolmen. VERB: V n 2. An ambush is an attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them. A policeman has been shot dead in an ambush. N-VAR 3. If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them. The gunmen, lying in ambush, opened fire, killing the driver. PHRASE: PHR after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n a sudden attack by people who have been waiting and hiding, or the place where this happens wait/lie in ~ (=wait to ambush someone) (Armed police lay in ambush behind the hedge.) ~2 v to attack someone from a place where you have been hiding ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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