ambush

ambush
1. noun
(concealment) Hinterhalt, der; (troops concealed) im Hinterhalt liegende Truppe

lie in ambush — (lit. or fig.) im Hinterhalt liegen

2. transitive verb
[aus dem Hinterhalt] überfallen
* * *
['æmbuʃ] 1. verb
(to wait in hiding for and make a surprise attack on: They planned to ambush the enemy as they marched towards the capital.) im Hinterhalt auflauern
2. noun
1) (an attack made in this way.) Angriff aus dem Hinterhalt
2) (the group of people making the attack.) im Hinterhalt lauernde Truppen
* * *
am·bush
[ˈæmbʊʃ]
I. vt usu passive
to be \ambushed aus dem Hinterhalt überfallen werden
II. n
1. (attack) Überfall m aus dem Hinterhalt
to be caught in an \ambush in einen Hinterhalt geraten
2. no pl (attack strategy) Angreifen nt aus dem Hinterhalt
to lie [or wait] in \ambush im Hinterhalt lauern
to lie [or wait] in \ambush for sb jdm auflauern
* * *
['mbʊʃ]
1. n
(= place) Hinterhalt m; (= troops etc) im Hinterhalt liegende Truppe/Guerillas etc; (= attack) Überfall m (aus dem Hinterhalt)

to lay an ambush (for sb) — (jdm) einen Hinterhalt legen

to lie or wait in ambush ( Mil, fig ) — im Hinterhalt liegen

to lie in ambush for sb ( Mil, fig ) — jdm im Hinterhalt auflauern

to fall into an ambush — in einen Hinterhalt geraten

2. vt
(aus dem Hinterhalt) überfallen
* * *
ambush [ˈæmbʊʃ]
A s
1. Hinterhalt m (auch fig):
from ambush aus dem Hinterhalt;
lie (oder wait) in ambush im Hinterhalt liegen
2. Überfall m aus dem Hinterhalt
3. MIL im Hinterhalt liegende Truppen pl
B v/t aus dem Hinterhalt überfallen
* * *
1. noun
(concealment) Hinterhalt, der; (troops concealed) im Hinterhalt liegende Truppe

lie in ambush — (lit. or fig.) im Hinterhalt liegen

2. transitive verb
[aus dem Hinterhalt] überfallen
* * *
n.
Hinterhalt m. v.
auflauern v.
überfallen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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