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noun

Definition of bayonetnext
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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verb

as in to pike

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Recent Examples of bayonet
Noun
In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket. — Ben Coxworth may 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2026 The assailant stabbed the pope with a bayonet, but the assassination attempt was unsuccessful. — USA Today, 6 May 2026
Verb
An Army inquiry ultimately determined that 347 civilians were killed that day — shot, bayoneted, or blasted with grenades. — Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018 An Army inquiry ultimately determined that 347 civilians were killed that day — shot, bayoneted or blasted with grenades. — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2018 See All Example Sentences for bayonet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayonet
  1. dagger
  2. pike
  3. machete
  4. perforate
  5. poniard
  6. knife
  7. cutlass
  8. prong
Noun
  • Despite the double-digit lead, TCU failed to deliver the dagger offensively and gave Baylor multiple chances to mount a comeback.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Nik Bonitto stripped wideout Rashid Shaheed in scoring territory, Kris Abrams-Draine pulled down a fourth-quarter interception, and McMillian delivered the dagger in overtime.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dagger
Verb
  • While the gold seemed all-but hers, Andrade came up short on her second vault, a comparatively simple Lopez vault, piking down and stepping over the line to incur a neutral deduction.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Definition of pike
Noun
  • Surveillance video shows 24-year-old Joshua Flores allegedly holding a machete on Western Avenue in Brighton.
    — Logan Hall, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • However iconic Jason Voorhees may be, real ones respect his machete-wielding mother, Pamela.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of machete
Verb
  • The floor panels were perforated with a dot matrix of vents that regularly replace all the air in the clean room.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The leather has a puffy, premium appearance is perforated at the tongue, eyelets and heel badge.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of perforate
Noun
  • 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
Definition of poniard
Verb
  • The updraft knifed through the building, whose inhabitants were already suffering without heat or power for much of the winter as Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy system.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The senior knifed his way through three defenders, then fired a bullet into the netting to give Longmeadow a 4-2 lead.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of knife
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of cutlass
Verb
  • Longer prongs diffuse less heat on your hair, providing softer curl definition.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • 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
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