Ambush - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Ambush :  (noun)

1: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise [syn: ambuscade, lying in wait, trap] (verb)
1: wait in hiding to attack [syn: scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait]
2: hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing [syn: still-hunt]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Ambush : \Am"bush\, n. [F. emb[^u]che, fr. the verb. See Ambush, v. t.] 1. A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.

Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or ambush from the deep. --Milton.

2. A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.

Bold in close ambush, base in open field. --Dryden.

3. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait. [Obs.]

The ambush arose quickly out of their place. --Josh. viii. 19.

To lay an ambush, to post a force in ambush.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Ambush : \Am"bush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ambushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ambushing.] [OE. enbussen, enbushen, OF. embushier, embuissier, F. emb[^u]cher, embusquer, fr. LL. imboscare; in _ LL. boscus, buscus, a wood; akin to G. bush, E. bush. See Ambuscade, Bu?h.] 1. To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.

By ambushed men behind their temple ?ai?, We have the king of Mexico betrayed. --Dryden.

2. To attack by ambush; to waylay.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Ambush : \Am"bush\, v. i. To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.

Nor saw the snake that ambushed for his prey. --Trumbull.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Ambush : 

A language for linear programming problems in a materials processing and transportation network.

["AMBUSH - An Advanced Model Builder for Linear Programming", T.R. White et al, National Petroleum Refiners Assoc Comp Conf (Nov 1971)].

(1995-06-19)



Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:

Ambush :  Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Josh. 8:4-26). Shechem was taken in this manner (Judg. 9:30-45. Comp. Jer. 51:12).



Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:

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