verb
- past tense of ambuscade; attacked from a hidden position
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The soldiers were ambuscaded by enemy forces hiding in the forest.
- Travelers feared being ambuscaded along the mountain pass.
- The convoy was ambuscaded at dawn near the river crossing.
- Bandits ambuscaded the merchant caravan on the trade route.
- The patrol was ambuscaded while crossing the narrow valley.