ambush

The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.

An attack launched from a concealed position.

Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.

The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.

the Georgean hills, Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:

Therefore, why not wait in ambush for Conrad behind the door, and when he entered bring down a chair, or one of the decrepit pictures, smartly on to his head.

The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.

And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand: and they entred into the city, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.

To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.

By ambuſh’d men, behind their Temple laid, / VVe have the King of Mexico betray’d.

To attack by ambush; to waylay.

The contrast with the start was profound. In the opening 40 minutes Löw’s team had been ambushed here, the world champions run into a state of breathless trauma by a thrillingly vibrant Mexico attack.