ambush

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

am·bush [ambush ambushes ambushed ambushing] noun, verb BrE [ˈæmbʊʃ] NAmE [ˈæmbʊʃ]
noun countable, uncountable
the act of hiding and waiting for sb and then making a surprise attack on them
•Two soldiers were killed in a terrorist ambush.
•They were lying in ambush, waiting for the aid convoy.
•The government was defeated in its attempt to pass the law by an opposition ambush.

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘place troops in hiding in order to surprise an enemy’): from Old French embusche (noun), embuschier (verb), based on a late Latin word meaning ‘to place in a wood’; related to ↑bush.

Example Bank:
•The soldiers set up an ambush on the road.
•They staged an ambush on an army patrol.
•Twelve men were killed in the ambush.
•We ran into an ambush in the valley.

 
verb ~ sb/sth
to make a surprise attack on sb/sth from a hidden position
•The guerrillas ambushed them near the bridge.
• (figurative)She was ambushed by reporters.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘place troops in hiding in order to surprise an enemy’): from Old French embusche (noun), embuschier (verb), based on a late Latin word meaning ‘to place in a wood’; related to ↑bush.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ambuscade, lying in wait, trap, still-hunt, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, lie in wait