AMBUSH
\ˈambʊʃ], \ˈambʊʃ], \ˈa_m_b_ʊ_ʃ]\
Definitions of AMBUSH
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
-
To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
-
To attack by ambush; to waylay.
-
To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
By Oddity Software
-
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
-
To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
-
To attack by ambush; to waylay.
-
To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
A place where troops lie hidden to attack the enemy unexpectedly; the act of hiding so as to make such an attack.
-
To waylay; to station so as to attack by surprise.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
-
To hide, as troops, for attack by surprize.
-
The lying concealed to attack by surprize; the hiding-place, or the persons hidden.
By James Champlin Fernald
Word of the day
Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.