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bayonet


2bayonet

verb
bayonet·ed also bayonet·tedbayonet·ing also bayonet·ting

Definition of BAYONET

transitive verb
1
: to stab with a bayonet
2
: to compel or drive by or as if by the bayonet
intransitive verb
: to use a bayonet

First Known Use of BAYONET

1781

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