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Definition of Ambuscades

Ambuscade
Ambuscade Am`bus*cade", n. [F. embuscade, fr. It. imboscata, or Sp. emboscada, fr. emboscar to ambush, fr. LL. imboscare. See Ambush, v. t.] 1. 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. 2. A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly. [R.] --Dryden. 3. (Mil.) The body of troops lying in ambush.
Ambuscade
Ambuscade Am`bus*cade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ambuscaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ambuscading.] 1. To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush. 2. To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
Ambuscade
Ambuscade Am`bus*cade", v. i. To lie in ambush.

Meaning of Ambuscades from wikipedia

- Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Ambuscade: HMS Ambuscade (1746) was a 40-gun fifth rate, formerly the French ship Embuscade, captured in...
- HMS Ambuscade was a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the Second World War. She and her Thornycroft competitor, HMS Amazon, were prototypes...
- HMS Ambuscade was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy and was launched in 1913. She served throughout the First World War, forming part of the...
- between the two camps, flat indeed and treeless, but well adapted for an ambuscade, as it was traversed by a water-course with steep banks, densely overgrown...
- The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought when a Carthaginian force under Hannibal Barca ambushed a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius on 21 June 217 BC...
- called "Spy Wednesday". The word spy, as used in the term, means "ambush, ambuscade, snare". Additionally, among the disciples, Judas clandestinely was a...
- Ambuscade took part in the Falklands War of 1982. Ambuscade was sold to ****stan in 1993 and served their navy as PNS Tariq until 2023. Ambuscade was...
- Warfare occurred throughout the history of Ancient Greece, from the Gr**** Dark Ages onward. The Gr**** 'Dark Ages' drew to an end as a significant increase...
- HMS Ambuscade at the Royal Naval Dockyard in 1988...
- the onslaught and are instructed to leave and apprise Yesubai of the ambuscade. Sambhaji valiantly fights and kills many Mughal soldiers until he is...