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
New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
Security and prosperity proved strong enticements to accepting imperial rule, even if those benefits came at the point of a bayonet.
—Time, 9 Oct. 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
Mind you, the entire infantry kit in those days didn't go far beyond a rifle, bayonet, canteen, mess tins, and an entrenching tool balanced with the odd hand grenade.
—New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
Security and prosperity proved strong enticements to accepting imperial rule, even if those benefits came at the point of a bayonet.
—Time, 9 Oct. 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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David flicked, a 3-pointer swished, and the junior stretched his vocal cords to the cavernous audience at the Coliseum with an early dagger.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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In that clip, Simpson had a dagger concept (dig/vertical combo) called, the most popular third-and-long concept in the NFL.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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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Amorado then slashed the motionless Espinoza’s neck with a machete, prosecutors said.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Mwarancha, from the nearby village of Bokore, has been shot by an arrow, struck on the head with a machete, and bitten by a lion.—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.—
John Tufts,
USA TODAY,
30 Aug. 2017
Verb
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The silicon chip is perforated with rows of triangular holes—some 264 micrometers wide, others 99 µm in size.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Feb. 2026
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So too were perforated and extended earlobes, in older men and women hanging down well below their chins like fleshy rings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As the ride ended, the male suspect, sitting in the backseat behind the driver, pulled out a knife and began violently stabbing the driver in the neck and the back of the head without warning.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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From unspoken racial dynamics, like Sid rejecting Tia in favor of her white friends, to the economic worries that become entwined with her self-image, Sid’s precarious new social position rests on a knife’s edge.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Longer prongs diffuse less heat on your hair, providing softer curl definition.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The solutions, according to the Bay Area Equity Atlas report and Price’s work, have to be multi-pronged in order to really tackle the problems of housing affordability.—
Bay City News Service,
The Mercury News,
13 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
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“Bayonet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayonet. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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