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Main Entry:	ambush
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	lying in wait; concealed position
Synonyms:	camouflage, concealment, deception, hiding, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick*, ambuscade, ambushment, hiding place, waiting, waylaying

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Main Entry:	ambush
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	lie in wait; attack
Synonyms:	assail, assault, decoy, ensnare, entrap, hide, hook*, jump, lurk, net, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay, ambuscade, box in, bushwhack, dry gulch, hem in, jap, lay for, set trap

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Main Entry:	intercept
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	head off; interrupt
Synonyms:	ambush, appropriate, arrest, block, catch, check, curb, cut in, cut off, deflect, hijack, hinder, interpose, obstruct, prevent, seize, stop, take, head off at pass, interlope, make off with, shortstop, take away
Antonyms:	abet, forward, help

Main Entry:	lure
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	bait
Synonyms:	ambush, appeal, attraction, bribe, call, camouflage, come-on, con game, decoy, delusion, draw, enticement, fake, gimmick, hook, illusion, incentive, inducement, invitation, pull, seduction, sitting duck, snare, temptation, tout, trap, trick, allurement, carrot, inveiglement, magnet, mousetrap, seducement, siren song, sweetener
Antonyms:	deterrent, warning

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Main Entry:	pounce
Part of Speech:	noun, verb
Definition:	leap at; take by surprise
Synonyms:	ambush, attack, bound, dart, dash, dive, drop, jump, snatch, spring, strike, surge, swoop, fall upon, take unawares

Main Entry:	refuge
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	place to hide, have privacy
Synonyms:	ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap, stronghold, way out, harborage, hiding place, safe place

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Main Entry:	sneak
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	move stealthily
Synonyms:	ambush, case, cheat, cower, crawl, creep, deceive, delude, evade, glide, gumshoe, hide, lurk, mooch, ooze, pad, pass, prowl, pussyfoot, secrete, shirk, sidle, skulk, slide, slink, slip, slither, sly, smuggle, snake, spirit, steal, move secretly, snook, worm

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Main Entry:	stalk
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	follow, creep up on
Synonyms:	ambush, approach, chase, drive, haunt, hunt, pace, pursue, shadow, stride, tail, track, trail, flush out, striddle, walk up to

Main Entry:	trap
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	snare, trick
Synonyms:	ambush, artifice, bait, booby trap, come-on, conspiracy, deception, decoy, device, dragnet, enticement, feint, gambit, hook, intrigue, lasso, lure, machination, maneuver, net, noose, pitfall, plot, ploy, prank, quagmire, ruse, snag*, stratagem, subterfuge, temptation, wile, allurement, ambuscade, inveiglement, quicksand, seducement

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Main Entry:	trap
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	catch, snare; trick
Synonyms:	ambush, beguile, circumvent, collar, corner, corral, deceive, decoy, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, fool, grab, hook, inveigle, land, nab, nail, net, overtake, seduce, snag, surprise, take, tangle, trammel, ambuscade, box in, mousetrap, rope in, suck in, trip up
Antonyms:	release, let go

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Main Entry:	booby trap
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	concealed trap
Synonyms:	ambush, decoy, land mine, mine, pitfall, snare, trap, baited trap, deadfall, hidden danger, mousetrap, set-up, trip wire

Main Entry:	scare tactics
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	methods used to scare
Synonyms:	ambush, bullying, coercion, duress, force, intimidation, persuasion, pressure, reign of terror, threat, arm-twisting, strong-arm tactics, terrorism, terrorization

Main Entry:	sneak attack
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	surprise attack
Synonyms:	ambush, Pearl Harbor, shock tactics, surprisal, unforeseen attack

Main Entry:	attack
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	assault physically
Synonyms:	advance, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, blast, blister, bombard, boot, brain, bust, charge, clip, clock, club, combat, cook, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, molest, mug, overwhelm, punch, raid, rush, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, turn on, wallop, aggress, biff, boff, bop, chop down, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup, lay siege to, light into, pounce upon, set upon, take the offensive, whop
Antonyms:	aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain

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Main Entry:	defeat
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	overthrow, beating
Synonyms:	ambush, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, destruction, discomfiture, embarrassment, failure, fall, killing*, loss, massacre, mastery, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, setback, slaughter, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, whipping, KO, annihilation, defeasance, downthrow, drubbing, extermination, insuccess, lacing, licking, nonsuccess, paddling, scalping, shellacking, subjugation, thrashing, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whitewashing
Notes:	decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat
Antonyms:	conquest, success, triumph, victory, win

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Main Entry:	defeat
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	conquer in military manner
Synonyms:	ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, halt, hinder, impede, lick, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, rout, route, sack, scatter, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out, finish off, mow down, prevail over, roll back, shipwreck, torpedo*
Antonyms:	lose, surrender, give up

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Main Entry:	recess
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	niche, corner
Synonyms:	alcove, ambush, angle, bay, break, cavity, cell, closet, cove, cranny, crypt, cubicle, dent, depression, fork, heart, hole, hollow, indentation, mouth, nook, opening, retreat, slot, apse, carrel, crutch, depths, embrasure, hiding place, oriel, penetralia, reaches, secret place, socket

Main Entry:	trick
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	deceit
Synonyms:	ambush, artifice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, con, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge, double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, fabrication, fake, falsehood, feint, forgery, fraud, game, gimmick, hoax, illusion, imposition, imposture, intrigue, invention, machination, maneuver, perjury, plot, ploy, pretense, ruse, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, treachery, wile, circumvention
Antonyms:	frankness, honesty

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Main Entry:	seize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abduct; take by force
Synonyms:	ambush, annex, apprehend, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, bag, bust, capture, catch, claw, clutch, commandeer, confiscate, conquer, exact, force, gain, get, grab, grasp, hijack, hook, impound, incorporate, kidnap, lift, nab, nail, occupy, overcome, overpower, overrun, overwhelm, pick up, pounce, secure, snag, snare, subdue, take, throttle, trap, usurp, wrench, carry off, spirit away, take by storm, take captive, take over, take possession of
Antonyms:	free, liberate, release

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Main Entry:	surprise
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	sneak up on; catch
Synonyms:	ambush, capture, come down on, discover, grab, grasp, nab, seize, startle, take, waylay, burst in on, bushwhack, catch in the act, catch off-balance, catch off-guard, catch red-handed, catch unawares, drop in on, lay for, lie in wait, spring on, take by surprise
Antonyms:	expect