ambush tactics
Hidden attack strategy
Ambush tactics are methods of surprise attack from a concealed position.
The term applies primarily to military and guerrilla warfare, where forces hide along routes to attack enemies who don't expect engagement: The insurgents relied on ambush tactics against supply convoys.
The concept extends to competitive contexts—business, sports, legal strategy—where one party springs an unexpected move on an unprepared opponent.
- baitingDeliberately trying to provoke
- hit-and-runLeaving after causing collision
- hit and runLeaving after causing accident
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
quick strike · camouflage · concealment · flanking · choke point · reconnaissance · kill zone · guerrilla warfare · sabotage · raid · decoy · pounce · element of surprise · psychological warfare · smoke and mirrors · infiltration · enemy lines · escape route
- predator traitssharp teeth, sharp claws, fangs, claws, talons
- guerrilla warfareguerrilla, guerrilla fighter, partisan, partisan warfare, irregular forces
- military tacticsflanking, maneuver, battle formations, combat maneuvers, flanking maneuver
- gaming tacticsflanking, positioning, baiting, rushing, turtling
- infantry tacticsfire and maneuver, flanking maneuver, battle drills, defensive positions, flanking
- pack huntingencirclement, flanking, strategic positioning
ambush tacticsfrontal assault
Attack from the front
pitched battle · conventional warfare · direct attack · trench warfare · siege warfare