1. ambush - Noun
2. ambush - Verb
A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA crafty enemy will set a weak ambush you are meant to break through. Confident because you have dealt with the threat, your guard relaxed, you walk into the second, stronger ambush. Robert Jordan
That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush... it's a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them. Genevieve Gorder
Some fell by laudanum, and some by steel, And death in ambush lay in every pill. Samuel Garth
If ambush I must, then ambush I will,” Aillas muttered to himself. "A fig for chivalry, at least until the war is won. Jack Vance
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. Robert M. Hutchins
You cannot avoid what lies in ambush for you. African Proverb