ambushed

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ambushed

/ˈæm.bʊʃt/

verb ambusht

participle, past simple past and past participle of ambush

adjective more ambushed · most ambushed · ambusht

Having been the target of an ambush.
figuratively Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: waylay, ambuscade, lurk, trap, bushwhack, still-hunt, scupper, contested, trapped, attacked, entrapped, intercepted, quenched, raided, tricked, waylaid

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@misc{ambushed_2026,
  title = {ambushed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ambushed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}