ambush

Definition of ambush in English English dictionary: The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise; An attack launched from a concealed position; To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy; To attack by ambush; to waylay; the act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy; {n} a private station for troops to lie in wait in, the act of surprising, the state of lying in wait, the persons lying in wait; {v} to lie in wait, to fall on by surprise; hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing; (20+) - Flip a coin If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage; if tails, this attack does 20 damage Pokémon with this attack: Giovanni's Persian; wait in hiding to attack; A buzzword for a controversial strategy in which to capitalize on the popularity of an event Promotions are conducted in close proximity to that event, creating the implication that they are officially connected or sanctioned, but without the marketer having paid a sponsorship participation fee; Sudden surprise attack; | amongst | antidote | beetle | burrow | camouflage |; … A surprise attack by fire from concealed positions on a moving or temporarily halted enemy; The surprise capture and arrest of a case officer in an act of espionage by an opposing counterintelligence or security service; a form of attack by fire or other destructive means from concealed positions on a moving or temporarily halted enemy (FM 3-0); An ambush is an attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them. A policeman has been shot dead in an ambush; A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare; {f} hide in order to make a surprise attack; A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station; To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk; A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise; Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare; the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise wait in hiding to attack; If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them. The gunmen, lying in ambush, opened fire, killing the driver. a sudden attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them, or the place where this happens (embuschier, from en + busche ); The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait; If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them. The Guatemalan army says rebels ambushed and killed 10 patrolmen; {i} act of hiding in order to make a surprise attack; {n} wait
ambush marketing: A marketing strategy in which a competing brand attempts to attach a product to a major event (usually sporting in nature) without paying sponsorship fees
ambush marketing: A promotional strategy whereby a non- sponsor attempts to capitalize on the popularity/prestige of a property by giving the false impression that it is a sponsor Often used by the competitors of a property's official sponsors Cross-promotions A joint marketing effort conducted by two or more cosponsors using the sponsored property as the central theme
ambush marketing: 1 To tie a firm's name to its competitors advertising
ambush marketing: A promotional strategy utilized by nonsponsors to capitalize on the popularity or prestige of an event or property by giving the false impression that they are sponsors, such as by buying up all the billboard space around an athletic stadium Often employed by the competitors of the property's official sponsor (Ch 10)
ambush.: ambuscado
ambushed: {a} placed or lying in ambush
Ambusher: an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
An ambush: emboyssement
An ambush: ambushment
An ambush: embushment
To ambush: enambush
ambushed: past of ambush
ambusher: One who ambushes
ambusher: One lying in ambush
ambusher: {i} attacker, one who waits in hiding in order to make a surprise attack
ambushes: third-person singular of ambush
ambushes: plural of ambush
ambushing: present participle of ambush
lying in ambush: lying in wait, hiding out and waiting in order to launch a surprise attack
routine ambush: ambush with is a common occurrence, regular ambush
to ambush: bushwhack

ambush

Hyphenation

am·bush

Turkish pronunciation

ämbûş

Synonyms

ambuscade, ambushment, camouflage, concealment, deception, hiding, hiding place, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick, waiting, waylaying, assail

Pronunciation

/ˈamˌbo͝osʜ/ /ˈæmˌbʊʃ/

Etymology

[ 'am-"bush ] (verb.) 14th century. From Old French embusche (noun), embushier, embuissier (verb), from Old French em- + Vulgar Latin boscus, bosca, boscum (“wood”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *boscu, busk (“bush”) from Proto-Germanic *busk- (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.