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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: 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: hold up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rob

Synonyms:

burglarize, mug, steal from, stick up, waylay

Antonyms:

give
Main Entry: kidnap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: abduct; hold for ransom

Synonyms:

body snatch, bundle off, capture, carry away, carry off, coax, decoy, entice, grab, hijack, impress, inveigh, lay hands on, lure, make off with, pirate, remove, run away with, seduce, seize, shanghai, skyjack, snatch, spirit away, steal, waylay
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: ambuscade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ambush

Synonyms:

attack, bushwhack, ensnare, surprise, trap, waylay
Main Entry: bushwhack
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ambush

Synonyms:

assault, attack, surprise, waylay
Related Words
Main Entry: surprise
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
anoetic, blutterbunged, ferly, gloppened, imprevisible, inattentive, inopinate, mirific, serendipitous, startling, struck, sudden, surprised, unanticipated, unaware, unexpected, unforeseen, unwarned
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