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ambuscade

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of AMBUSCADE

a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait <warned by one of their scouts of an Apache ambuscade, the Comanches took a different path through the mountains>
Synonyms ambuscade, ambushment, surprise (also surpize), trap

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