I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deadly
▪ enemy
VERB + AMBUSH
▪ lay , prepare , set up
▪
The soldiers set up an ~ on the road.
▪ carry out , spring , stage
▪
They staged an ~ on an army patrol.
▪ be caught in , run into , walk into
▪
We ran into an ~ in the valley.
AMBUSH + VERB
▪ take place
PREPOSITION
▪ in an/the ~
▪
Twelve men were killed in the ~.
▪ ~ on
▪
an ~ on an army patrol
PHRASES
▪ lie in ~ , wait in ~
▪
The soldiers lay in ~ for the enemy troops.
II.
verb
Ambush is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ convoy , ↑ patrol