Dictionary Entry
ambuscade
ambuscade is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 8 senses
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- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
- 3transitive verb
The body of troops lying in ambush.
- 4transitive verb
To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
- 5transitive verb
To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
- 6intransitive verb
To lie in ambush.
- 7noun
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- 8verb
wait in hiding to attack
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