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# ambusher

noun (an ambusher, ambushers)

«ambusher» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An ambusher is a person or animal that hides and waits to attack someone by surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambusher/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in stories, history and nature lessons about predators (crocodiles and some spiders are ambushers that wait for prey).

### Examples

- The ambushers hid behind the rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambusher/#x1)
- A crocodile is an ambusher that waits in the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambusher/#x2)
- The knights were attacked by ambushers in the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambusher/#x3)
- Trapdoor spiders are clever ambushers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambusher/#x4)
- The ambusher leapt out from behind the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambusher/#x5)
- In the game, watch out for ambushers in the long grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambusher/#x6)

### Note

From «ambush». Countable. In science, an «ambush predator» waits for prey instead of chasing it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ambusher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambusher/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ambusher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ambusher.html) on Mova free.