Definitions For Ambush

noun

  • The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
  • An act of hiding, waiting for others to appear, and then suddenly attacking them : a surprise attack
  • A hidden place from which a surprise attack can be made

verb

  • Wait in hiding to attack
  • Hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
  • To attack (someone or something) by surprise from a hidden place

Is Ambushes a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
17

The word Ambush is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Ambush in a Sentence

  • We have reports of enemy soldiers ambushing civilians on this road.
  • The king's enemies planned to ambush the royal coach on the way to Paris and capture the king
  • Many soldiers were killed in the ambush.
  • The soldiers were lying in ambush, waiting for the enemy to approach.
  • A snake waiting in ambush for its next meal

Synonyms for Ambush

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