Antonyms for ambushed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : am-boo sh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæm bʊʃ

Definition of ambushed

Origin : c.1300, from Old French embuscher (13c., Modern French embûcher) "to lay an ambush," from en- "in" + busch "wood," apparently from Frankish *busk "bush, woods" (see bush (n.)). Related: Ambushed; ambushing.

verb lie in wait; attack

Example sentences :

His gun was ready in his hand; he did not propose to be ambushed.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

They ambushed him; he drove them out of the thicket but fell––You have dropped your flowers.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

By its result the ambuscaders were ambushed, riding headlong into a trap.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

If we are ambushed here in these woods, my first shot will be at you.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish

They had followed along that cow-path, and had been ambushed.
Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin

The ambushed man shrank a step backward into his hiding-place.
Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable

It is useless to think of retreating by the way we have come; we should only be ambushed.
Extract from : « Across the Spanish Main » by Harry Collingwood

On Tuesday one of our patrols was ambushed, and only one man returned with the news.
Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross

Shot after shot from the ambushed enemy hurtled toward them.
Extract from : « Winning the Wilderness » by Margaret Hill McCarter

They thought we were in a plot with other natives, and had ambushed them.
Extract from : « Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific » by Felix Speiser

Synonyms for ambushed

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