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Ambusher

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Noun

1. ambusher

an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ambusher

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noun
1. 
the act of waiting in a concealed position in order to launch a surprise attack
2. 
a surprise attack from such a position
3. 
the concealed position from which such an attack is launched
4. 
the person or persons waiting to launch such an attack
verb
5. 
to lie in wait (for)
6. (transitive)
to attack suddenly from a concealed position

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Ambusher

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noun
1. 
a deployment of persons in hiding to make a surprise attack
2. 
a. 
the persons in hiding
b. 
their place of hiding
3. 
the act of so lying in wait to attack
4. 
a surprise attack made by persons waiting in ambush
verb transitive, verb intransitive
5. 
to hide in ambush
6. 
to attack from ambush

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ambusher

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n.
1. A sudden attack made from a concealed position.
2.
a. Those hiding in order to attack by surprise: The captain stationed an ambush near the harbor.
b. The hiding place used for such an attack: "Uncle Harm had hunted the way Trapper did—on foot, stalking and laying traps, shooting from ambush" (Rick Bass).
tr.v. am·bushed, am·bush·ing, am·bush·es
To attack from a concealed position.

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