ambuscade

English - Turkish

Definition of ambuscade in English Turkish dictionary

pusu

tuzak

{f} pusuya yatmak

{i} pusuya yatmış askerler

{f} pusuya yerleştirmek

{f} tuzak kurmak

{f} pusuya düşürmek

{f} tuzağa düşürmek

Related Terms

ambush, surprise attack

pusu, sürpriz atak

English - English

Definition of ambuscade in English English dictionary

An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy

To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay

{v} to lie in wait, attack by surprise

{n} a place of surprise, the troops concealed

wait in hiding to attack

the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise

Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush

{i} ambush, surprise attack

A lying in a wait, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush

The body of troops lying in ambush

A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly

{f} ambush; attack unexpectedly

To lie in ambush

To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush

ambuscado

Related Terms

An ambuscade

bushment

ambuscaded

past of ambuscade

ambuscades

third-person singular of ambuscade

ambuscades

plural of ambuscade

ambuscading

present participle of ambuscade

Hyphenation

am·bus·cade

Etymology

[ 'am-b&-"skAd, "am-b&-' ] (noun.) circa 1588. French embuscade, from Italian imboscata, or Spanish emboscada, from emboscar to ambush, from Late Latin imboscare, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *boscu, busk (“bush”) from Proto-Germanic *busk- (“bush, heavy stick”). More at bush.

Tenses

ambuscades, ambuscading, ambuscaded