AMBUSHMENT Synonyms

• an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

• a maneuver in a game or conversation

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

• a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

• a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

• strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

• catch in or as if in a trap

• entice and trap

• a maneuver in a game or conversation

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

• a sudden unexpected event

• the act of surprising someone

• cause to be surprised

• come upon or take unawares

• attack by storm; attack suddenly

• a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

• drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

• a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters

• the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

• informal terms for the mouth

• a light two-wheeled carriage

• a hazard on a golf course

• place in a confining or embarrassing position

• catch in or as if in a trap

• hold or catch as if in a trap

• to hold fast or prevent from moving

• to sell marijuana on a street corner

• an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty

• a trap in the form of a concealed hole

• wait in hiding to attack

• an attack without warning