Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| 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
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| Main Entry: | hold up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rob |
| Synonyms: | burglarize, mug, steal from, stick up, waylay |
| Antonyms: | give |
| Main Entry: | kidnap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abduct; hold for ransom |
| Synonyms: | body snatch, bundle off, capture, carry away, carry off, coax, decoy, entice, grab, hijack, impress, inveigh, lay hands on, lure, make off with, pirate, remove, run away with, seduce, seize, shanghai, skyjack, snatch, spirit away, steal, waylay |
| 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: | ambuscade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ambush |
| Synonyms: | attack, bushwhack, ensnare, surprise, trap, waylay |
| Main Entry: | bushwhack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ambush |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, surprise, waylay |
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| Main Entry: | surprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
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]. |
| Synonyms: |
-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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