| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie in wait; attack |
Synonyms: |
ambuscade, assail, assault, box in, bushwhack, decoy, dry gulch, ensnare, entrap, hem in, hide, hook*, jap, jump, lay for, lurk, net, set trap, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay |
| Main Entry: | enmesh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve in a situation |
Synonyms: |
box in, catch, drag into, draw in, embroil, ensnare, entangle, entrap, hook, implicate, incriminate, lay a trap for, lay for, make party to, net, snare, snarl, tangle, trammel, trap |
Antonyms: |
exclude, leave out |
| Main Entry: | entrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | capture, involve |
Synonyms: |
allure, bag*, beguile, benet, box in, catch, decoy, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, hook, implicate, inveigle, lay for, lead on, lure, net, reel in, rope in, seduce, set up, snare, suck in, tempt, trap, trick |
Antonyms: |
clear, disentangle, exclude, free, liberate, release |
| Main Entry: | surprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sneak up on; catch |
Synonyms: |
ambush, burst in on, bushwhack, capture, catch in the act, catch off-balance, catch off-guard, catch red-handed, catch unawares, come down on, discover, drop in on, grab, grasp, lay for, lie in wait, nab, seize, spring on, startle, take, take by surprise, waylay |
| Notes: | amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning' |
Antonyms: |
expect |
| Main Entry: | waylay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intercept, ambush |
Synonyms: |
accost, ambuscade, assail, attack, box*, bushwhack, catch, hold up, jump, lay for, lie in wait, lurk, pounce on, prowl, set upon, skulk, slink, surprise, swoop down on |
Antonyms: |
allow, forward |
| Main Entry: | surprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
anoetic, blutterbunged, ferly, gloppened, imprevisible, inattentive, inopinate, mirific, serendipitous, startling, struck, sudden, surprised, unanticipated, unaware, unexpected, unforeseen, unwarned
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