Ambush

Definition

ambush /'æmbƱʃ/ n (က) [U] ေခ်ာင္းေျမာင္းတိုက္ခိုက္ျခင္း။ the ambush and shooting of two senior officers ❍ The thieves were lying in ambush for their victims. (ခ) [C] ခ်ံဳခိုတိုက္ျခင္း။ killed by/in a terrorist ambush ❍ They set up an ambush to trap the aid convoy. v ခ်ံဳခိုတိုက္ခိုက္သည္။ ေခ်ာင္းေျမာင္း တိုက္ခိုက္သည္။ အလစ္ ဖမ္းသည္။ His car was ambushed by guerrillas. ❍ ( fig ) She was ambushed by reporters and cameramen.

Examples

1. The two men were shot and wounded in an ambush.
2. A high risk of ambush
3. [lie in ambush] : The police lay in ambush outside the building.