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Webster 1828 Edition


Ambushed

AM'BUSHED

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Lain in wait for; suddenly attacked from a concealed station.

Definition 2024


ambushed

ambushed

English

Alternate forms

  • ambusht (obsolete, simple past-only)

Verb

ambushed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of ambush

Adjective

ambushed (comparative more ambushed, superlative most ambushed)

  1. Having been the target of an ambush.
  2. (figuratively) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.