ambush
am|bush /'æmbʊʃ/ (ambushes ambushing ambushed)
1 [VERB] V n
If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them.
The Guatemalan army says rebels ambushed and killed 10 patrolmen.
2 [N-VAR]
An ambush is an attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them.
A policeman has been shot dead in an ambush.
3 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
The gunmen, lying in ambush, opened fire, killing the driver.
1 [VERB] V n
If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them.
The Guatemalan army says rebels ambushed and killed 10 patrolmen.
2 [N-VAR]
An ambush is an attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them.
A policeman has been shot dead in an ambush.
3 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
The gunmen, lying in ambush, opened fire, killing the driver.