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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
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- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
- 3transitive verb
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
- 4transitive verb
To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
- 5transitive verb
To attack by ambush; to waylay.
- 6intransitive verb
To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
- 7noun
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- 8verb
wait in hiding to attack
- 9verb
hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
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