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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: embuschier, from en 'in' + busche 'wood']
a sudden attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them, or the place where this happens
::The soldiers were killed in an ambush.
::In winter the danger of ambush is much reduced.
lie/wait in ambush
::Armed police lay in ambush behind the hedge.
-- ambush v [T]
::Everybody thought our train would be ambushed, but we got out safely.