ambush

embuscade

Attaque menée par des personnes qui attendaient quelqu’un en se cachant.

En anglais simple : An attack made by people who have been hiding and waiting for someone.

• The soldiers prepared an ambush.
• Their convoy drove into an ambush.
• Armed men lay in ambush beside the road.

Comment l'utiliser : lie in ambush for someone (The fighters lay in ambush for the patrol.)

Synonymes : surprise attack

Expressions courantes : set an ambush, lie in ambush

tendre une embuscade

Se cacher pour attendre quelqu’un, puis l’attaquer soudainement.

En anglais simple : To hide and wait for someone, then attack them suddenly.

• They ambushed the patrol.
• The convoy was ambushed near the bridge.
• Armed men waited to ambush passing vehicles.

Synonymes : waylay

Expressions courantes : ambush a convoy, ambush someone