0 to attack a person or vehicle after hiding somewhere and waiting for them to arrive -- нападать из засады
[ often passive ] The bus was ambushed by a gang of youths.
When these young men are ambushed, there is practically no opportunity whatever to retaliate.
The soldiers now being sniped and ambushed are the servants of the people responsible to the people.
I understand that defence lawyers are associated with "ambushes"and"fishing expeditions" that wrongfoot the prosecution.
He believes that people are "ambushed by death", and that hospitals never prepare families for the anguish and emotional pain of bereavement.
I am sorry that my noble friend should have been ambushed in this way.
The vehicles were travelling together but became separated, and the second vehicle was ambushed by bandits as it neared a road bend.
Of these 32, 12 could be described as ambushes.
The intruder flees; the police are called, and invariably he is ambushed on the way home.
