Ambush and Plot

Ambush

Ambush noun - A setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait.

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Plot and ambush are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Ambush".

Nearby Words: ambushed, ambushing

Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.

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Ambush and plot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ambush" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

good	good ambush	good plot
exact	exact ambush	exact plot
elaborate	elaborate ambush	elaborate plot
similar	similar ambush	similar plot
Other adjectives: alien, standard, initial, single, deep, romantic, actual, real, massive, serious, dark, decent, major, convoluted, ridiculous, said, failed.

Stupidity Is the Only Option: A particularly annoying example in Highland, where you have to walk into an obvious ambush to advance the plot (also combined with Cutscene Incompetence).

Source: Video Game / Exit Fate
Then he leads him into an actual ambush by Six-pac and his squad... The gods of plot are with him and the most incompetent band of super-misfits on the planet actually wins.

Source: Comic Book / Hitman (1993) aka: Hitman
Clara in Watch_Dogs walks into an ambush with pretty much no purpose other than pushing the plot forward by dying.

Source: Stupid Sacrifice

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