Crossword-Solution: AMBUSHED 8 letters, 8 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 16

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Ambushed imp. & p. p. of Ambush

We have 8 clues for the answer “AMBUSHED”

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Attacked from hiding 1 answer
Attacked unexpectedly 1 answer
Laid in wait for 1 answer
Set upon in a surprise attack 1 answer
Attacked guerrilla-style 2 answers
Caught by surprise 3 answers
Waylaid 4 answers
Attacked 60 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AMBUSHED (5)

Two generations back they still stood dark and empty; people avoided them as they passed by; the boldest schoolboy only shouted through the keyhole and made off; for within, it was supposed, the plague lay ambushed like a basilisk, ready to flow forth and spread blain and pustule through the city.
Edinburgh Robert Louis Stevenson 2010
May God keep your nature sweet!” He led me gently into the arbor and told me how, under Captain Baskin, the detachment had been ambushed by the Cherokees; and how my father, with Ensign Calhoun and another, had been killed, fighting bravely.
The Crossing Winston Churchill 1995
Sick was the soul of Rua, ambushed close in a clump; Sick of soul he drew near, making his courage stout; And he looked in the face of the thing, and the life of the thing went out.
Ballads Robert Louis Stevenson 2013
And it was not comforting in the least to hear him begin to mutter crazily about the late captain, that old man buried in latitude 8 d 20’, right in our way--ambushed at the entrance of the Gulf.
The Shadow-Line Joseph Conrad 2006
Raiders traveling slow; bothered by too many horses, not looking for pursuit; were never pursued, could be headed and ambushed that night at the first waterhole, a natural trap in a valley.
Desert Gold Zane Grey 1996

Quotes with AMBUSHED (3)

One of my earliest memories was of a maze of pale green walls. The corridors never ended, no matter which way I turned. I was running, my feet bare, my paper-thin gown flapping around skinny foal-like legs, and the demons kept on coming. I’d run the maze before, because I always knew which way to turn to find the little clear plastic box. I’d run, and run. Lungs aching, throat burning, my feet slapping against the smooth floor, and the sound of scrabbling claws chased me down…
Pippa DaCosta Chaos Rises
I’ve been moving a little to the music while I worked …and then I realize I am actually dancing. It feels wonderful, though I can feel how stiff my muscles are, how rigidly I’ve been holding myself…Mostly I’ve been moving cautiously, numbly, steeled because I know, at any moment, I may be ambushed by overwhelming grief. You never know when it’s coming, the word or gesture or bit of memory that dissolved you entirely…It happens every day at first, then not for a day or two, th…
Mark Doty Heaven's Coast: A Memoir
PROLOGUE Some years ago in the Planet Orfheus ... It was dark when Lucius reached the rendezvous which had been chosen to be the new hideout. The latter had been used for several months and they were concerned that they were being followed and were close to being discovered. "I thought you were not coming. I've been waiting for you for almost an hour. I was getting anxious," Sofia said, relieved. "Sorry, love. It is becoming increasingly difficult. I almost didn't make it tod…
Gisele de Assis
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.

Used 9 times in crossword archives (1990–2018).