What's the difference between ambuscade and waylay?

Ambuscade


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.
  • (v. t.) A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
  • (v. t.) The body of troops lying in ambush.
  • (v. t.) To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
  • (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
  • (v. i.) To lie in ambush.

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Waylay


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was about 4pm before I got inside the martyrs' cemetery; people kept waylaying me, wanting to show me their destroyed houses and asking why the journalists didn't come and show what the Americans had done to Falluja.

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