Attacking or trapping someone by surprise from a hidden position; the act of laying an ambush.
Present participle of 'ambuscade' formed by adding '-ing.' This gerund/participle form shows the action in progress or as a noun describing the activity itself.
The phrase 'ambuscading the enemy' appears constantly in historical military accounts—it was considered a perfectly legitimate (if risky) tactic, but it also spawned rules of war about when surprise attacks became violations of honor.
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