ambush

/ˈæmbʊʃ/ verb [T]

Definition

› to attack a person or vehicle after hiding somewhere and waiting for them to arrive: [often passive] The bus was ambushed by a gang of youths.

ambush noun [C] › Two policemen were killed in a terrorist ambush.

(Definition of ambush verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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