ambush
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
Types & categories
- surprise attack hypernym
- dry-gulching hyponym
Related & opposite
- ambush derivation
- still-hunt derivation
Sense 2 verb
wait in hiding to attack
Types & categories
- wait hypernym
Related & opposite
- ambush derivation
- ambusher derivation
- bushwhacker derivation
- lurker derivation
Sense 3 verb
hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
Types & categories
- hunt hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambush |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | still-hunt |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | surprise attack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dry-gulching |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambush |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambusher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bushwhacker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wait |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambush |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambusher |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hunt |