noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ambush a convoy (= attack a convoy )
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Gunmen ambushed a convoy of trucks heading north.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
kill
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Meanwhile four policemen were killed in an ambush in Soweto.
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All three were trapped and killed in an ambush two miles from the kibbutz.
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LoEsheLacy, a junior at McClymonds High School, was killed in the ambush .
lie
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The old enemies, undefeated, have devised new strategies; new assailants lie in ambush .
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Had he been on the Cardinal's business or lying in ambush for Irvine?
set
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We were taught about hand grenades and explosives, and how to set ambushes and lay mines in the most effective pattern.
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It always bugged me, going on the same patrol, going on the same hill, setting up the same ambush .
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Women's Organizations and Refugees 15 army trucks arrived and the soldiers set up an ambush to try and kill us all.
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My platoon went deepest into the wooded area we were going into to set up an ambush patrol.
wait
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They were calling off their comrades who waited in ambush further ahead.
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For all he knew, Mrs Solomon might have been waiting in ambush .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Six or seven of the passengers were killed in an ambush on the narrowest part of the road.
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They moved slowly, knowing that in the next clump of trees enemy soldiers might be lying in ambush .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He no longer walked around as if every step might take him into an ambush .
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I walk out of the building tensing myself for the ambush .
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If you must walk alone at night keep a look out for potential ambush spots and cross the road to avoid them.
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LoEsheLacy, a junior at McClymonds High School, was killed in the ambush .
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Richard Montacune had been driven from his first vantage post, where ambush had given him the edge of surprise.
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The sappers crept a little closer, past the vacated ambush site.