How to pronounce “ambuscade”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
• The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
• The body of troops lying in ambush.
• [Verb]
• (dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

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Similar Sounds

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