bay·o·net
ˈbā-ə-nət 
-ˌnet,
ˌbā-ə-ˈnet
: a steel blade attached at the muzzle end of a shoulder arm (such as a rifle) and used in hand-to-hand combat
bayoneted also bayonetted; bayoneting also bayonetting
: to use a bayonet
Examples of bayonet in a Sentence
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Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 9 June 2024
The assailant stabbed the pope with a bayonet, but the assassination attempt was unsuccessful.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2024
Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.
—Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
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Noun
Brown was chosen to lead an advance group, called Forlorn Hope because of their chance of survival, to storm a temporary fortification armed with only bayonets and fending off musket fire and cannons.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 9 June 2024
The assailant stabbed the pope with a bayonet, but the assassination attempt was unsuccessful.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2024
Verb
There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.
—Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.
—Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
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“Bayonet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bayonet. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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