ambush

ambush is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
2. transitive verb. A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
3. transitive verb. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
4. transitive verb. To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
5. transitive verb. To attack by ambush; to waylay.
6. intransitive verb. To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
7. noun. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

   Synonyms: ambuscade, trap

8. verb. wait in hiding to attack

   Synonyms: ambuscade, bushwhack, lurk, scupper, waylay

9. verb. hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

Synonyms

ambuscade, trap, bushwhack, lurk, scupper, waylay

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ambush:

shambu

Common word forms

ambushed, ambusher, ambushes, ambushing, ambushment

Words from these letters

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