ambuscade's Usage Examples:

The column crossed the Monongahela river on the 9th of July and almost immediately afterwards fell into an ambuscade of French and Indians.

The base of the very mixed and evershifting population in these parts were the Vlachs (Rumanians), perhaps the descendants of Trajan's colonists, who, under their voivode, Bazarad, led King Charles into an ambuscade from which he barely escaped with his life (Nov.

They were poor marksmen, and had but little skill in laying ambuscades.

As there was no gold in the country the number of settlers was small, the loose tribal organization of the natives made it impossible to inflict a vital defeat on them, and the mountainous and thickly wooded country lent itself admirably to a warfare of surprises and ambuscades.

On the 6th of October, while marching through dense bush at Erigo, the British force was ambuscaded.

Misfortunes here increased upon him, until he fell into an ambuscade and was mortally wounded.

Little progress was made, the country being difficult of access and the Jaguncoes laying ambuscades at every available place.

Dirk offered a stout resistance, but, according to the most trustworthy account, was enticed into an ambuscade and was killed in the fight (1049).

On the 5th of November the army, misled by treacherous guides and thirst-stricken, was ambuscaded in dense forest at Kashgil, 30 m.

The danger to the fort roused General Nicholas Herkimer to gather a force of between 700 and moo men (including some Oneida Indians), who during their advance on the 6th of August were ambuscaded in a ravine near Oriskany, about 8 m.

Synonyms:

dry-gulching, coup de main, trap, surprise attack, ambush, lying in wait,

Antonyms:

unconcealed, show, idle, activity, refrain,