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Definition of: ambuscade
(am′bəs·kād′) noun
1. The act of hiding, or the state of being hidden, to surprise adversaries.
2. The place of hiding, or persons hidden; an ambush.
—v.t. & v.i. ·cad·ed, ·cad·ing To ambush. Also Archaic am·bus·ca·do (am′bəs· kā′dō). [ < F embuscade < Ital. imboscata an ambush <imboscare. See AMBUSH.]
—am′bus·cad′er noun
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