Ambush Synonyms

ămbo͝osh
An attack or stratagem for capturing or tricking an unsuspecting person
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ambuscade
  2. trap
  3. hiding-place
  4. pitfall
  5. snare
  6. camouflage
  7. deception
  8. cover
  9. blind
  10. lying in wait
  11. ambushment
To attack suddenly and without warning
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. ambuscade
  2. waylay
  3. attack
  4. bushwhack
  5. surprise
  6. lurk
  7. ensnare
  8. lie in wait for
  9. set a trap
  10. attack from a concealed position
  11. keep out of sight
  12. lie concealed
  13. wait in ambuscade
  14. bait the hook
  15. assault
  16. decoy
  17. entrap
  18. hook-in
  19. still-hunt
  20. scupper
  21. await
  22. skulk
  23. camouflage
  24. surround
  25. hem-in
  26. lurking
  27. lay for
  28. snare
  29. trap
  30. trick
  31. lie-in-wait

Words Related to Ambush

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Ambush Sentence Examples

  • He sensed the ambush long before it came.

  • Sweating and impatient after the slim escape from the ambush, Brady restrained his urge to thump the fed slowly checking Brady's micro.

  • Natasha, very still, peered out from her ambush, waiting to see what he would do.

  • It is exceedingly quick in its movements, but seizes its prey by waiting in ambush or stealthily approaching to within springing distance, when it suddenly rushes upon it and tears it to ground with its The Leopard (Felis pardus).

  • During the expedition Captain Gamble was led into an ambush, and in this engagement lost 15 killed and 47 wounded.

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