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sneak attack

NOUN

surprise attack

Synonyms

WEAK

Pearl Harbor ambush shock tactics surprisal unforeseen attack

Example Sentences

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Moss was dressed all in black to hide his identity as he pretended to be a camera man and helped sidekick Happy Corbin sneak attack Kevin Owens.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023

So an anticipated return morphed into a sneak attack.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2020

But first, he had to reckon with popular perceptions of the prepper type: rural, deeply conservative and paranoid to an extreme, readying their bunkers for a nuclear sneak attack or the Book of Revelation.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2020

The U.S. had been stung by the sneak attack in Hawaii and were underdogs in the Pacific.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2019

Was he planning a sneak attack on me?

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie