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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie in wait; attack |
| Synonyms: | ambuscade, assail, assault, box in, bushwhack, decoy, dry gulch, ensnare, entrap, hem in, hide, hook*, jap, jump, lay for, lurk, net, set trap, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | capture, involve |
| Synonyms: | allure, bag*, beguile, benet, box in, catch, decoy, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, hook, implicate, inveigle, lay for, lead on, lure, net, reel in, rope in, seduce, set up, snare, suck in, tempt, trap, trick |
| Antonyms: | clear, disentangle, exclude, free, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sneak up on; catch |
| Synonyms: | ambush, burst in on, bushwhack, capture, catch in the act, catch off-balance, catch off-guard, catch red-handed, catch unawares, come down on, discover, drop in on, grab, grasp, lay for, lie in wait, nab, seize, spring on, startle, take, take by surprise, waylay |
| Notes: | amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning' |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | waylay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intercept, ambush |
| Synonyms: | accost, ambuscade, assail, attack, box*, bushwhack, catch, hold up, jump, lay for, lie in wait, lurk, pounce on, prowl, set upon, skulk, slink, surprise, swoop down on |
| Antonyms: | allow, forward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | surprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
anoetic, blutterbunged, ferly, gloppened, imprevisible, inattentive, inopinate, mirific, serendipitous, startling, struck, sudden, surprised, unanticipated, unaware, unexpected, unforeseen, unwarned
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| Concept: | Ambush. [Means of concealment]. |
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-nouns
hiding place; secret place, secret drawer; recess, hold, holes and corners; closet, crypt, adytum, abditory, oubliette., ambush, ambuscade; stalking horse; lurking hole, lurking place; secret path, back stairs; retreat (refuge)., screen, cover, shade, blinker; veil, curtain, blind, cloak, cloud., mask, visor, vizor, disguise, masquerade dress, domino., pitfall (source of danger); trap (snare).
-verbs
lie in ambush (hide oneself); lie in wait for; set a trap for (deceive); ambuscade, ambush.
-adverbs
aux aguets.
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