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Meanings of ambuscade in anglès

portuguès
emboscar
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amagar-se

Wait in hiding to attack.

        amagar-se
        portuguès
        emboscada
        català
        embosca

        The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.

              embosca
              Usage of ambuscade in anglès
              1
              This small loss was sustained almost entirely in the ambuscade near Hoods.
              The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 / Commander in Chief of th...
              2
              In that event he must watch for ambuscade, and dread the night.
              The Golden Snare
              3
              They rode in close formation, to lessen the chance of an ambuscade.
              Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
              4
              This done, put yourself with your companion in ambuscade before the house.
              The Mystery of Orcival
              5
              Then he posted us in ambuscade with orders to capture whatever came.
              Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
              6
              These grew as high as our shoulders, and formed a fine ambuscade.
              Pluck on the Long Trail; Or, Boy Scouts in the Rockies
              7
              Keep your skirmishers and flanking parties well out, to guard against ambuscade.
              Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War
              8
              And he, laughing very joyfully, sprang from his ambuscade, and boasting, spoke:
              The Iliad of Homer (1873)
              9
              There can be no ambuscade, you will remember, practised on a garrison.
              Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
              10
              Few of the enemy escaped from the ambuscade; all the booty was recovered.
              Roman History, Books I-III
              11
              The men in ambuscade tried to escape to the fastnesses of the hills.
              Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
              12
              I was with you in thought, and saw the boats approaching the ambuscade.
              Rujub, the Juggler
              13
              As they passed the scene of the ambuscade he told her of Gaston.
              The Sheik: A Novel
              14
              The Indians drew the Concord people into an ambuscade and only one escaped.
              A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny
              15
              Or do you wait in ambuscade to retrieve your filched funds?
              Funland
              16
              Gordon concentrated on finding the quickest way toward his rocky ambuscade.
              The Postman
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