2. Verb. (third-person singular of ambush) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ambushes
1. ambush [v] - See also: ambush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambushes
Literary usage of Ambushes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"ambushes* laid for his chastity. — His connection with the Picts, who occupied
the north of Britain. —The dor- sum Britannia. ..."
2. Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan by Lester W. Grau, Voennai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ imeni M.V. Frunze (1996)
"Reconnaissance, air-assault, airborne, and SPETSNAZ subunits routinely conduct
ambushes and motorized rifle subunits may also conduct them once they receive ..."
3. Chronicles of the City of Perugia, 1492-1503 by Francesco Maturanzio, Edward Strachan Morgan (1905)
"The thorns too and briars and every sort of weed had spread so abundantly that
you might readily lay ambushes where you would; and the men of that place ..."
4. Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton (1904)
"fierce jets of spray darting up at him from the terrace steps, the cracks in the
flagstones, and all manner of unexpected ambushes, may form some idea of ..."
5. All Around the Wrekin by Walter White (1860)
"... Montgomery—The Range of Ruins—The Princes' Lodgings—The Baron's
Prison—Reminiscences—Kings and Barons—Quarrels and ambushes—Fulke Fitz Warine—Besiegers
..."
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