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am·bush 
[am-boosh] Pronunciation Key
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[am-boosh] Pronunciation Key –noun Also, am·bush·ment.
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road. |
| 2. | an act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed position. |
| 3. | the concealed position itself: They fired from ambush. |
| 4. | those who attack suddenly and unexpectedly from a concealed position. |
| 5. | to attack from ambush. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) ME enbuss(h)en < MF embuschier to place men in ambush, lit., to set in the woods, equiv. to em- im-1 + busch- (< VL *busca wood, forest < Gmc *busk- heavy stick) + -ier inf. suffix; (n.) earlier enbusshe < MF embusche, deriv. of the v.]
] —Related forms
am·bush·er, noun
am·bush·like, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| am·bush
(ām'bŏŏsh) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. am·bushed, am·bush·ing, am·bush·es To attack from a concealed position. [Middle English embush, from Old French embusche, from embuschier, to ambush, from Frankish *boscu, bush, woods.] am'bush'er n. Synonyms: These verbs mean to attack suddenly and without warning from a concealed place: guerrillas ambushing a platoon; highway robbers ambuscading a stagecoach; a patrol bushwhacked by poachers; a truck waylaid by robbers. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ambush (v.)
ambush (v.)
c.1300, from O.Fr. embuscher "to lay an ambush," from en- "in" + busch "wood," apparently from Frank. *busk "bush, woods" (see bush). Variant form ambuscade (1582) was reborrowed from Fr., sometimes ambuscado, with faux Sp. ending popular in Eng. 17c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| ambush | |
noun | |
| 1. | the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
verb | |
| 1. | wait in hiding to attack |
| 2. | hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing [syn: still-hunt] |
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
AMBUSH language
A language for linear programming problems in a materials processing and transportation network.
["AMBUSH - An Advanced Model Builder for Linear Programming", T.R. White et al, National Petroleum Refiners Assoc Comp Conf (Nov 1971)].
(1995-06-19)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Ambush
Am"bush\, n. [F. emb[^u]che, fr. the verb. See Ambush, v. t.]1. A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare. Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or ambush from the deep. --Milton. 2. A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise. Bold in close ambush, base in open field. --Dryden. 3. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait. [Obs.] The ambush arose quickly out of their place. --Josh. viii. 19. To lay an ambush, to post a force in ambush.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Ambush
Am"bush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ambushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ambushing.] [OE. enbussen, enbushen, OF. embushier, embuissier, F. emb[^u]cher, embusquer, fr. LL. imboscare; in + LL. boscus, buscus, a wood; akin to G. bush, E. bush. See Ambuscade, Bu?h.]1. To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy. By ambushed men behind their temple ?ai?, We have the king of Mexico betrayed. --Dryden. 2. To attack by ambush; to waylay.
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Ambush
Am"bush\, v. i. To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk. Nor saw the snake that ambushed for his prey. --Trumbull.
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Ambush
Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Josh. 8:4-26). Shechem was taken in this manner (Judg. 9:30-45. Comp. Jer. 51:12).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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