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Meanings of waylay in anglès
Synonyms
Examples for "ambush"
Examples for "ambush"
1
This is just the start of the new age of ambush marketing.
2
Azizi said a local affiliate group of Isis was behind the ambush.
3
The ambush occurred near a military encampment called Fire Support Base Ripcord.
4
Suspect in Pennsylvania police ambush put on FBI wanted list CANADENSIS Pa.
5
So the half-breeds laid in ambush the day father started for Washington.
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
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.
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
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 waylay in anglès
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.
6
I don't propose to rob the specie train, or to waylay travellers.
7
The people he'd forced outside were starting to waylay merchant carts and caravans.
8
The idea had been to waylay her before she joined Vane.
9
If she could waylay Alicia as she came in, so much the better.
10
The little house was quiet and dark with no one to waylay them.
11
So he managed to waylay Mrs. Stanbury before she descended to the parlour.
12
The BDOs have yet to waylay a single terrorist, visibly anxious or not.
13
He might have just been a lone highwayman, hoping to waylay unsuspecting merchants.
14
One shop promises to waylay passers by and teach them how to knit.
15
Then Mohammed Shafi'a threatens to waylay and to beat the Haji.
16
Do you want me to go out into the streets and waylay boys?
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United Kingdom
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