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am⋅bush

  [am-boosh]
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–noun Also, am⋅bush⋅ment.
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.
–verb (used with object)
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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am·bush   (ām'bŏŏsh)   
n.  

  1. The act of lying in wait to attack by surprise.

  2. A sudden attack made from a concealed position.

    1. Those hiding in order to attack by surprise.

    2. The hiding place used for this.

  4. A hidden peril or trap.

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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Computing Dictionary

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
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Bible Dictionary

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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