as in dagger
a long blade that is attached to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon in battle
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Recent Examples of bayonet
Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Also missing are: — eight machine gun vehicle mounts;
— seven free-standing machine gun tripods;
— unspecified medical equipment;
— 40 pairs of binoculars; and
— 18 bayonets.
—City News Service, Orange County Register, 12 Jan. 2025
Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
One elderly man was bayoneted to death; another man was thrown alive into a well and killed with a hand grenade.
—Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
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Noun
When the Second Amendment was written, civilians only carried muskets and bayonets.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Also missing are: — eight machine gun vehicle mounts;
— seven free-standing machine gun tripods;
— unspecified medical equipment;
— 40 pairs of binoculars; and
— 18 bayonets.
—City News Service, Orange County Register, 12 Jan. 2025
Verb
One elderly man was bayoneted to death; another man was thrown alive into a well and killed with a hand grenade.
—Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
One elderly man was bayoneted to death; another man was thrown alive into a well and killed with a hand grenade.
—Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayonet
Noun
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The dagger is a metallurgical masterpiece that could be up to 2,500 years old, per the statement.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Threaten the rubber hand by attempting to stab it with a dagger, for instance, and the participants exhibit an involuntary startle or fear response.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
15 Sep. 2023
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Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.—
Mallory Creveling,
Health,
3 Sep. 2023
Noun
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The brother grabbed a machete and engaged his father, who’s accused of stabbing him during the fight, prosecutors said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article A man posing as a mourner planning a memorial at a Harlem mortuary waited for his accomplice to burst into the funeral home, before the two men beat up the director and threatened him with a machete during a terrifying, caught-on-camera robbery, police said Thursday.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Grater-style zesters employ the same principle as a standard food or cheese grater and sport a longer metal shaft perforated with numerous small holes.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2025
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To remove anything securing the cardboard together, either use a sharp tool, such as a box cutter, to carefully perforate the tape at the edges, or use a flathead screwdriver to pop out staples.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Investigators were also not immediately aware of how Taylor was able to board the airplane with a knife, though Williams acknowledged that the country's smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Authorities were called to a residence there, near Harrison Avenue and West Bridger Street, the evening of April 5 to investigate a report of a physical disturbance involving a person with a knife.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The chat reportedly suggested the members had strong ties to the police force, which then brought police corruption into the multi-pronged scandal.—
Caitlin Kelley,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2019
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Apparently, there's now a new twist on the classic shape, looking a little more modern with an oval center stone and spiky pronged diamonds surrounding it.—
Katherine J. Igoe,
Marie Claire,
2 Aug. 2019
Noun
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
Verb
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Suddenly, Fort Myers was thrust into the national spotlight as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration waited for officials to make their next move, threatening the loss of state and federal funds.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In the daffodil spears thrusting up through dead leaves, each stalk swells with the pulse of a blossom-to-be.—
Rosanna Warren,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Bayonet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayonet. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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