bayoneted

verb

variants also bayonetted
Definition of bayonetednext
past tense of bayonet
as in perforated

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  1. punched
  2. thrust
  3. poked
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  • Eazy The Block Captain and Shields also hopped into the fray, with Eazy disputing Papoose’s claim that he was punched unconscious and challenging him to a fight.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Rosa went on to detail that one of the young women punched her in the face, causing her glasses to fly to the floor, at which point a second teen grabbed a pouch containing Rosa's ID and medical records.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of punched
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  • Becoming Queen Zulu Amid her groundbreaking work in Louisiana, Macias was unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight in a different arena: Mardi Gras.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Threat level: When elevators are out of order, people who are unable to take the stairs or have difficulty doing so are thrust into a crisis.
    Nathan Bomey, Axios, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of thrust
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  • Glaser — the host of the 2025 Golden Globe awards — also poked fun at Bündchen’s relationship with jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente during the roast.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And nobody had to guess the color of his underwear, as his black and gray Tom Ford briefs poked purposefully out from his pants.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of poked
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