ambuscade

n.
An ambush.

tr.v., -cad·ed, -cad·ing, -cades.
To attack suddenly and without warning from a concealed place; ambush. See synonyms at ambush.

[French embuscade (from Old French embuschier, to ambush) and Old Italian imboscata (from feminine past participle of imboscare, to ambush), both from Frankish *boscu, bush, woods.]

ambuscader am'bus·cad'er n.

noun

An attack or stratagem for capturing or tricking an unsuspecting person: ambush, trap. See attack/defend.

verb

To attack suddenly and without warning: ambush, bushwhack, surprise, waylay. See attack/defend.

[ܒæmbǝܖskād; ܖæmbǝܒskād]

ˈæmbǝܖskād; ܖæmbǝˈskād n. dated an ambush.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
  Synonyms: ambush, lying in wait, trap

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The verb ambuscade has one meaning:

Meaning #1: wait in hiding to attack
  Synonyms: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, lie in wait

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - baghold
v. tr. - udføre bagholdsangreb, angribe fra baghold

Nederlands (Dutch)
hinderlaag, vanuit hinderlaag aanvallen, op de loer liggen, verdekt opstellen

Français (French)
n. - embuscade, get-apens
v. tr. - tendre une embuscade à, faire tomber dans une embuscade

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hinterhalt
v. - im Hinterhalt liegen, aus dem Hinterhalt angreifen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενέδρα, καρτέρι

Italiano (Italian)
imboscata, tranello

Português (Portuguese)
n. - emboscada (f)

Русский (Russian)
сидеть в засаде

Español (Spanish)
n. - emboscada
v. tr. - emboscar, acechar, poner celada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bakhåll

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
埋伏, 伏兵, 伏击

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 埋伏, 伏兵
v. tr. - 伏擊, 埋伏

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 매복, 매복장소, 복병
v. tr. - 매복하다, 복병을 두다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 待伏せ, 伏兵
v. - 待ち伏せて攻打する, 待ち伏せする, 待ち伏せして襲う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كمين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מארב‬
v. tr. - ‮תקף ממארב, שכב במארב, ארב‬

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