ambushed

Speech parts

1. ambushed - Adjective

2. ambushed - Verb

Meaning

of Ambush

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

abandoned assault attacking surprise hide surprised trap surround ambush decoy fingered stalked lurk ensnare scupper
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Antonyms

supported accepted advanced attended acknowledged backed
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Phrases with the word

be ambushed

Examples

All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque. Tom Stoppard

Our trains are not ambushed by dragons, suicide bombers, or chthonian tentacle monsters. Frankly, given the quality of the postprandial conversation, this is not a net positive. Charles Stross

Listeners are kind of ambushed... if a poem just happens to be said when they're listening to the radio. The listener doesn't have time to deploy what I call their 'poetry deflector shields' that were installed in high school - there's little time to resist the poem. Billy Collins

A Byzantine army of relief under Michael Tarchaneiotes arrived in March 1281: Hugh of Sully was ambushed and captured, and his army put to flight. Source: Internet

A four-man team ambushed Bernadotte's motorcade in Jerusalem, killing him and a French UN observer sitting next to him. Source: Internet

Almost before he can finish explaining the entire group is ambushed by the trio of space spirits. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ambush predator ambush television ambushable ambushee ambusher ambushing