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ambuscade

n.
am·bus·cade Archaic
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From French embuscade, from Italian imboscata from the past participle of imboscare (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin imbosco (“I hide, ambush”) (see there for more), from Frankish busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambush. More at bush.

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