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violence that waits, then deletes the gap between safe and sorry.
means To ambush is to attack someone by surprise from a hidden position, having lain in wait for them.
from From Old French embuscher, 'to set in ambush' or 'lay a trap,' built from en- ('in') and busche ('wood, firewood') — the same Germanic root that gives us 'bush.' The literal sense is to hide oneself in the bushes, the undergrowth being the original accomplice. So an ambush is, etymologically, the act of getting into the woods and waiting.
- french roots
- From embuscher, to hide in the woods.
- war ratio
- Outnumbered armies win disproportionately from good ambushes.
- animal masters
- Trapdoor spiders ambush from camouflaged burrow lids.
- linebacker
- The blitz is football's legalized ambush.
- surprise tax
- Attackers gain massive advantage before defenders react.
pearl harbor attack — japanese naval surprise attack on u.s. base, december 7, 1941, killed 1,177 sailors on uss arizona alone
gulf of tonkin incident — alleged north vietnamese torpedo attack on uss maddox, august 1964, sparked major escalation in vietnam war
pancho villa's columbus raid — mexican general attacked columbus, new mexico on march 9, 1916, killing 18 americans and civilians