(v. t.) A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
(v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
(v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
(v. t.) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
(v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
(v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prince began ambushing fans in February this year, playing his first big shows since 1995 as he took over arenas in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds as well as intimate venues in London and Manchester.
(2) The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games ordered the campaign be taken down for breaching strict rules on ambush marketing of the event by brands that are not official sponsors.
(3) Excess military equipment – such as Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) and other weapons – get transferred to police departments, to communities large and small across the country, for free.
(4) Even after being ambushed by anti-terror cops when panicked Londoners reported "a bloke pretending to be a Muslim woman", I didn't complain.
(5) Then the people of Karamoja turned on each other, transforming the area into a wild west of cattle raids and ambushes.
(6) Or perhaps this latest ambush is just an excuse to resume the government’s internal warfare, which has been roiling away since January.
(7) • Sign up to play our great Fantasy Football game • Stats centre: Get the lowdown on every player • The latest team-by-team news, features and more • Follow the Guardian's Fans' Network now "We view ambush marketing in a very serious light and we urge people not to embark on these ambush campaigns," police said in a statement.
(8) "Jundollah uses a variety of terrorist tactics, including suicide bombings, ambushes, kidnappings and targeted assassinations."
(9) I take you very, very seriously.” Pretzell and Petry are like Bonnie and Clyde, pursuing a course of ambush through the German public Jakob Augstein, Der Spiegel Not for a long time has so much been written and said about a single German politician (other than Merkel).
(10) When the Seemanchal Express that had been ambushed in Katihar finally pulled into Delhi, traffickers rounded up the children who had remained on the train and shepherded their cargo towards the doors.
(11) The government’s Senate leader, Eric Abetz, said: “As I understand it, Kathy Jackson complained that she felt that she had been ambushed by the royal commission and had been treated very harshly.” Labor had postponed debate on the Senate motion several times amid negotiations with crossbenchers.
(12) It is understood that between 35 and 40 tickets allocated to Earle ended up in the hands of the marketing company said to have orchestrated the ambush marketing effort on behalf of the beer brand Bavaria via a third party.
(13) After the apparently radical notion of “fairness” ambushed its first budget, the Abbott government seemed to go through four stages of grief.
(14) Stalker began to think that special branch, supported by MI5, might be using informants to lure terrorism suspects into pre-planned ambushes, mounted by police officers who were indeed shooting to kill.
(15) The acting commander of border police in Kandahar, Abdul Razzaq Achakzai [Raziq], has acknowledged killing the victims, but has claimed (claims now proved false) that the killings took place during an ambush he conducted against Taliban infiltrators,” a report by the office of the EU envoy to Afghanistan said then.
(16) Fine – if they were going to ambush me, I would ambush right back.
(17) Many are streaming towards the Tunisian border crossing, with Egypt having already closed its own frontier after 21 of its border guards were killed in an ambush.
(18) Private Morales Matthews, from the same regiment, received a mention in dispatches for risking his own life to protect a colleague, apparently wounded, during an ambush.
(19) They were met by a police ambush on the outskirts of town.
(20) Hamas fighters hid in apartment buildings ready to ambush the IDF.
Perdu
Definition:
(a.) One placed on watch, or in ambush.
(a.) A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
(a.) Alt. of Perdue
Example Sentences:
(1) Most of Nunn’s money remains unspent, whereas both Kingston and Perdue are being forced to empty their war chests combating each other for their party’s nomination.
(2) GEORGIA SENATE Running Michelle Nunn (D) v David Perdue (R) Snapshot A study in how demographics could change national US politics .
(3) Two exceptions, however, were the Selective Reminding Test and the Perdue Pegboard.
(4) Unchanging since the age of 16: Marcel Proust's A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu.
(5) Perdue’s track record suggests he will prioritize policies and programs that aim to intensify production and exports of commodity crops like corn, soy, wheat, cotton, peanuts and rice for global markets.
(6) If Perdue insists on serving mainly the interest of Big Ag, this will not “make American agriculture great again”.
(7) A brief history of the cire perdue or lost-wax method of casting alloys and the development of modern dental casting materials and techniques are presented.
(8) Polls show Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn, 47, the daughter of former senator Sam Nunn, neck-and-neck with Kingston and Perdue, who are in the midst of a bruising primary runoff campaign that won’t be decided until 22 July.
(9) Cecil said that Democrats were also conscious of the risk of restrictions of voting in Georgia, where Democrat Michelle Nunn is running against Republican Michael Perdue.
(10) It is these farmers, the rank and file of American agriculture, who are unlikely to be served by Perdue’s agenda.
(11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hank Schwab of Atlanta shows the campaign hat he’s worn for the past 30 years at a gathering in support of David Perdue.
(12) Meanwhile, the middlemen – commodity brokers, processors and traders (not so coincidentally the agricultural sub-sector that Perdue’s own company calls home) –will continue to reap the benefits of growing demand overseas.
(13) Read more We can also expect Perdue’s USDA to slash incentives for conservation on farms that safeguard land and keep water viable for future generations and ignore worker demands for better wages and protection.
(14) Sonny Perdue vows to make American agriculture great again – but for whom?
(15) A telling signal of what to expect from Perdue is the reaction to his appointment from commodity associations, traders and brokers.
(16) He adores Proust and, in 1972, spent a year adapting à la Recherche du Temps Perdu for the screen; the movie has yet to be made but the effect of living with Proust was profound.
(17) And at a time when food systems contribute as much as 25% of global greenhouse gasses, Perdue joins the growing ranks of cabinet nominees who deny climate change science, calling it “a running joke” and a reason “liberals have lost all credibility”.
(18) The night following Trump’s announcement, Perdue took the stage at the Bipartisan Inaugural Gala Celebrating American Agriculture and promised to “make American agriculture great again”.
(19) David Perdue, senator for Georgia, Yates’s home state, backed the decision.
(20) The good news is that Perdue clears a bar far too few Trump cabinet nominees seem to meet – he has experience in government and management, as well as knowledge about the department he’s been selected to lead.