"Ambush" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
The noun "ambush” means (1) the act of attacking an eneipy unexpect-edly from a concealed station; (2) a conceal-ed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise, an ambuscade; (3) troops posted in a concealed place for at-taeking by surprise. The verb “ambush” means to lie' in wait, to surprise, to place in ambush. Dale County v. Gunter, 46 Ala. 142
To attack by ambush; to waylay.
A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an
enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a
device to entrap; a snare.
To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by
surprise; to lurk.
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by
surprise; liers in wait.
A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait
to attack by surprise.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
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