Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One lying in ambush.
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- noun One who
ambushes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thanks for exposing this ambusher for the coward he is (does this sound familiar vis a vis other right-wingers?).
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Think Progress » Fox News ambusher Griff Jenkins hypocritically cowers from interview: ‘Call the media relations people.’
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Fox News ambusher Griff Jenkins hypocritically cowers from interview: ‘Call the media relations people.’
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Fox News ambusher Griff Jenkins hypocritically cowers from interview: ‘Call the media relations people.’
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Fox News ambusher Griff Jenkins hypocritically cowers from interview: ‘Call the media relations people.’
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Fox News ambusher Griff Jenkins hypocritically cowers from interview: ‘Call the media relations people.’
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The ambusher ended up being the ambushee and citizen media chased him from the building.
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Two dark figures were blocking my way, and before I had time to turn again to rush on my single ambusher, the larger one stepped forward, but when he raised his hands it wasn't to strike; he held them palms towards me in a restraining gesture, and his voice when he spoke was quiet, even friendly.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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The ambusher ended up being the ambushee and citizen media chased him from the building.
The Uptake: Best Political Videos Of 2008 From The UpTake 2010
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Robert Semrau, charged with the second-degree murder of a badly wounded Taliban ambusher during a patrol in Afghanistan.
The ugly side of the Canadian Forces membrain 2009
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