ambuscade

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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.

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

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I have experienced and feel a profound sadness for the Marines who perished in the last ambuscade of the Sandinistas.

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About night they reached another deserted ambuscade, called Torna Munni, equally bare of133 food, and the remainder of the bags were now devoured.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter