ambuscade

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ambuscade

/ˈæmbəsˌkeɪd/

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Where it comes from

From French embuscade, from Italian imboscata from the past participle of imboscare (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin *imbosco (“I hide, ambush”) (see there for more), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambush. More at bush.

noun ambuscades

dated An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy. The plot of the tragedy at hand was the very old one of the decoy and the ambuscade […]
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush. I went so far with it in my Imagination, that I employed my self several days to find out proper Places to put my self in Ambuscade
The body of troops lying in ambush.

verb ambuscades · ambuscading · ambuscaded

dated To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay. About noon we passed a small village in Merrimack at Thornton's Ferry, and tasted of the waters of Naticook Brook on the same side, where French and his companions, whose grave we saw in Dunstable, were ambuscaded by the Indians.

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noun ambush

Português	emboscada
Français	embuscade
Deutsch	Hinterhalt
Русский	заса́да zasáda

verb to lie in wait for, or to attack

Português	emboscar
Français	embusquer
Deutsch	auflauern
Русский	поджида́ть podžidátʹ, нападать из засады iz

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@misc{ambuscade_2026,
  title = {ambuscade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ambuscade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}