Noun
ambush (plural ambushes)
- The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
- An attack launched from a concealed position.
1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.
- The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:the Georgean hills,
Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues,
That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:
- The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 8:19:And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand: and they entred into the city, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.
Translations
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- Arabic: كَمِين m (kamīn)
- Armenian: դարան (hy) (daran)
- Bulgarian: заса́да (bg) f (zasáda), кло́пка (bg) f (klópka)
- Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎭᎷᏗ (adahaludi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 埋伏 (zh) (máifu), 伏擊/伏击 (zh) (fújī)
- Mandarin: 埋伏 (zh) (máifú)
- Czech: záloha (cs) f
- Danish: bagholdsangreb n, baghold n ; baghold n
- Dutch: hinderlaag (nl) m or f ; hinderlaag (nl) m or f
- French: embuscade (fr) f
- German: Hinterhalt (de) m
- Greek: ενέδρα (el) f (enédra)
- Ancient: ἐνέδρα f (enédra)
- Hebrew: מארב m (maarav)
- Hungarian: leshely (hu) ; csapda (hu)
- Indonesian: penyergapan (id)
- Italian: imboscata (it) f
- Japanese: 待ち伏せ (ja) (まちぶせ, machibuse) ; 不意打ち (ja) (ふいうち, fuiuchi)
- Latin: īnsidiae f pl
- Lithuanian: (please verify) pasala f
- Macedonian: заседа f (zaseda)
- Maori: kuratopuni, kauaeroa, torohē, urumaranga, pūniho
- Polish: zasadzka (pl) f
- Portuguese: emboscada (pt) f ; tocaia (pt) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: за̑сједа f, за̑седа f
- Roman: zȃsjeda (sh) f, zȃseda (sh) f
- Spanish: encerrona
- Swedish: bakhåll (sv) n ; bakhåll (sv) n
- Tagalog: abat (tl)
- Turkish: pusu (tr), tuzak (tr)
- Vietnamese: đánh úp (vi), mai phục (vi)
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Verb
ambush (third-person singular simple present ambushes, present participle ambushing, simple past and past participle ambushed)
- (transitive) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 9:By ambuſh’d men, behind their Temple laid, / VVe have the King of Mexico betray’d.
- (transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2019:The contrast with the start was profound. In the opening 40 minutes Löw’s team had been ambushed here, the world champions run into a state of breathless trauma by a thrillingly vibrant Mexico attack.
Translations
to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy
to attack by ambush; to waylay
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: դարանակալել (hy) (daranakalel)
- Bulgarian: причаквам (bg) (pričakvam), нападам от засада (napadam ot zasada)
- Catalan: emboscar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
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- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: hyökkää väijyksistä (+ genitive +) kimppuun, väijyttää
- French: embusquer (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: aus dem Hinterhalt angreifen
- Hungarian: lesből támad
- Indonesian: sergapan (id)
- Italian: agguatare (it)
- Japanese: 不意打ちする (ja) (ふいうちする, fuiuchi suru)
- Khmer: ឡោមព័ទ្ធ (laom pŏət)
- Latin: impetō cum insidiā
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: sergap, serangan hendap
- Maori: kauaeroa, whakamoho, whakamoke, haupapa, tāwhanga
- Polish: wciągać w zasadzkę impf, wciągnąć w zasadzkę pf, zaczajać się impf, zaczaić się pf
- Portuguese: emboscar (pt)
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: напада́ть из заса́ды impf (napadátʹ iz zasády) (intransitive)
- Spanish: emboscar (es)
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- Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
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