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ambuscade

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of AMBUSCADE

to lie in wait for and attack by surprise <marching to the rescue of the beseiged Fort Stanwix, 800 colonial militiamen were ambuscaded by a force of Loyalist troops and their Native American allies>
Synonyms ambuscade, surprise (also surprize), waylay

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