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in ambush

ADJECTIVE

huggermugger

Synonyms

WEAK

backdoor backstairs camouflaged clandestine classified cloak-and-dagger close confidential covert cryptic discreet disguised dissembled dissimulated furtive hush-hush incognito inside restricted secretive sly sneak sneaky

ADJECTIVE

secret

Synonyms

STRONGEST

classified confidential covert furtive hush-hush restricted secretive surreptitious

STRONG

backdoor backstairs close inside sneak

WEAK

camouflaged cryptic discreet disguised dissembled dissimulated incognito sly sneaky stealthy sub-rosa top-secret unacknowledged under false pretense under-the-table underhanded

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aboveboard forthright honest known open public

WEAK

clear defined explicit legal legitimate revealed unconcealed

Example Sentences

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The German Panther tank lay in ambush in the debris-filled streets of Cologne in the waning days of World War II, an American tank in its sights just 70 yards away.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2019

The tactics that had worked so well in ambush of Rhaegal failed to defeat a prepared opponent.

From Slate • May 13, 2019

Behind the hoopla and star power, however, a number of controversies lie in ambush.

From The Guardian • May 13, 2019

The Spaniards waited in ambush, crushed the Incan force, and kidnapped Atahualpa.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

There seemed no chance of reaching the Ford before he was cut off by the others that had lain in ambush.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

in ambush

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