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ambush(1)(dictionary)
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withdrawal (oh) and ambush(1) (iou)


withdrawal (oh)



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1 ?army?
2 ?removal/ending?
3 ?money?
4 ?stop taking part?
5 ?drugs?
6 ?statement?
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?ARMY?
[U and C] the act of moving an army, weapons etc away from the area where they were fighting
withdrawal of
::the withdrawal of UN forces
withdrawal from
::the Russian withdrawal from Afghanistan
::large-scale troop withdrawals
?REMOVAL/ENDING?
[U] the removal or stopping of something such as support, an offer, or a service
withdrawal of
::withdrawal of government aid
?MONEY?
[U and C] the act of taking money from a bank account, or the amount you take out
::Customers can use the machine to make withdrawals of up to ¡ê250 a day.
?STOP TAKING PART?
[U] the act of no longer taking part in an activity or being a member of an organization
withdrawal from
::Germany's withdrawal from the talks
?DRUGS?
[U] the period after someone has given up a drug that they were dependent on, and the unpleasant mental and physical effects that this causes
?STATEMENT?
[U] the act of saying that something you previously said was in fact untrue
-synonym retraction retraction withdrawal of
::the withdrawal of all allegations

ambush(1) (iou)



ambush noun. L15.
[Old French embusche, formed as AMBUSH verb.]
(A military disposition of) troops concealed in a wood or Other place in order to surprise an enemy; an attack from such concealment. Also transf. & fig., (a disposition of) someone or something lying in wait; a surprise attack from concealment.
Shakespeare Richard II Once did I lay an ambush for your life. S. Johnson He that perishes in the ambushes of envy. Day Lewis These flowers..hummed all day with ambushes of bees and wasps. S. Naipaul An American congressman..had been shot and killed in an ambush at a remote jungle airstrip.