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	Word of the day: "ambuscade"

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7-30-2007 1:05 AM

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<SPAN class="hw">ambuscade</SPAN> \AM-buh-skayd; am-buh-SKAYD\, <I>noun</I>:
<B>1.</B> An ambush.
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<I>transitive verb</I>:
<B>1.</B> To attack by surprise from a concealed place; to ambush.
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