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ambuscade

[am-buh-skeyd, am-buh-skeyd] / ˈæm bəˌskeɪd, ˌæm bəˈskeɪd /


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He lost three of the next four games before he recovered from the shock of that one intellectual ambuscade.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

In nearly four years of fighting, the young officers have mastered the arts of the field�silent de ployment, timely retreat, sudden concentration, plausible ambuscade, dependable supply of vegetable camouflage.

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Only about 700 Legionnaires managed to escape the ambuscade.

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In the first half of the engraving, the French army is represented lying in ambuscade in the form of a horseshoe.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis