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Meanings of ambuscade in anglès
Synonyms
Examples for "lurk"
Examples for "lurk"
1
Drink long; in this wine lurk the seeds of the life everlasting.
2
Behind the sordid details of Kenneth Starr's report lurk two critical questions.
3
Dangerous plants don't just lurk in Amazon rain forests or tropical jungles.
4
A dreadful order seemed to lurk in the darkest shadows of life.
5
It might lurk in deep ocean waters in areas sensors don't reach.
1
The disruption is likely to scupper travel plans for thousands of customers.
2
But did that split the vote and scupper her chance of success?
3
Islamists hardliners have timed attacks to try to scupper the peace process.
4
Morgan Stanley's legal move had threatened to scupper efforts to restructure Arrium.
5
He found the mate coiled in the scupper, very wet and still.
1
We were to lurk in ambush there, and waylay an unwary traveller.
2
Gangs hung about seemingly ready to waylay anyone who appeared relatively defenceless.
3
He was going to waylay me and kill me on the trail.
4
They began to waylay and butcher white men and women and children.
5
He suspected a plot to waylay me, too late to warn me.
1
No one wanted to bushwhack through the forest all afternoon, chasing shadows.
2
I'll bushwhack her as sure as my name is Bill.
3
And at some point, someone will bushwhack up and tug on some lichen-covered holds.
4
A well-trod trail is easier to navigate than a bushwhack.
5
If his handler wanted him dead, this would be a logical place to bushwhack him.
1
The rest of the hunters lie in wait in a secure place.
2
They lie in wait in the narrow passage between Samos and Ithaca.
3
When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?
4
Some are ever-present; others lie in wait, and start forth at intervals.
5
Surround the valley with thy hosts and lie in wait for them.
Usage of ambuscade in anglès
1
This small loss was sustained almost entirely in the ambuscade near Hoods.
2
In that event he must watch for ambuscade, and dread the night.
3
They rode in close formation, to lessen the chance of an ambuscade.
4
This done, put yourself with your companion in ambuscade before the house.
5
Then he posted us in ambuscade with orders to capture whatever came.
6
These grew as high as our shoulders, and formed a fine ambuscade.
7
Keep your skirmishers and flanking parties well out, to guard against ambuscade.
8
And he, laughing very joyfully, sprang from his ambuscade, and boasting, spoke:
9
There can be no ambuscade, you will remember, practised on a garrison.
10
Few of the enemy escaped from the ambuscade; all the booty was recovered.
11
The men in ambuscade tried to escape to the fastnesses of the hills.
12
I was with you in thought, and saw the boats approaching the ambuscade.
13
As they passed the scene of the ambuscade he told her of Gaston.
14
The Indians drew the Concord people into an ambuscade and only one escaped.
15
Or do you wait in ambuscade to retrieve your filched funds?
16
Gordon concentrated on finding the quickest way toward his rocky ambuscade.
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Ambuscade through the time
Ambuscade across language varieties
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