How is the word embuscade translated from French to English

English translation
ambush
noun

Une attaque surprise depuis un endroit caché.

A surprise attack from a hidden place.

Examples with “embuscade”

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  • Les soldats sont tombés dans une embuscade. — The soldiers were caught in an ambush.

  • Les rebelles ont tendu une embuscade au convoi à l'aube. — Rebels ambushed the convoy at dawn.

  • Sont-ils tombés tout droit dans une embuscade ? — Did they walk straight into an ambush?

  • Les félins sauvages tendent souvent une embuscade à leur proie depuis les hautes herbes. — Wild cats often ambush their prey from tall grass.

  • L'étroite vallée était l'endroit idéal pour une embuscade. — The narrow valley was a perfect place for an ambush.

  • Fais attention, ils pourraient nous tendre une embuscade sur le chemin du retour. — Be careful, they might ambush us on the way back.

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