Wait in hiding to attack.
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
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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 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.
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.
6 Labour leaders have helped scupper cost cut plans in the past.
7 Opposition from trade unions could slow or even scupper a deal.
8 His company is banking on continued public outrage to scupper the Chinese bid.
9 Legal action could have delayed the transaction, or potentially scupper it.
10 It obstructs the approaches to the ' scupper ' in front of my cabin door.
11 Ali Higg might scupper me and the crowd-he mighty likely would.
12 The bullet severed Mr. Thorne's spine and continued on into the port scupper .
13 Then he murmured, Well, skewer me through the scupper , as the sergeant says.
14 Esquelamar knelt in the scupper , thrust his head over the side.
15 Both sides said they were hopeful the violence would not scupper the peace deal.
16 Legal action could delay the $12 billion deal, or potentially scupper it.
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