—ambush /ˈæm.bʊʃ/
noun [C or U]
F0 an occasion when a person or group of people are ambushed:
» Several passers-by were killed in the ambush.» Fear of ambush prevents the police from going to high-risk areas.Thesaurus+: ↑Attacking and invadinglie/wait in ambushF0 to hide and wait for someone in order to attack them.
Thesaurus+: ↑Attacking and invadingverb [T] ↑Verb Endings for ambush
► F0 to suddenly attack a person or a group of people after hiding and waiting for them: » Five soldiers died after their bus was ambushed on a country road.» He was ambushed by gunmen on his way to work.Thesaurus+: ↑Attacking and invading