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noun

Definition of bayonet

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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Noun

Apart from the optical glass inside, the XC 13-33mm is all plastic, even the bayonet mount that attaches to the camera. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026 Some vehicles, however, have a bayonet-type attachment that uses two screws to hold the wiper in place. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 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

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Noun

The dagger goal with which Gotham FC sunk the record-breaking KC Current in 2025 was out of the second phase of a set piece.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
The delivery apps offer discovery and delivery for their 15% to 30% cut—a useful (if brutally expensive) tool for a family-run shop and a dagger to the pizza chains who once stood out by offering those services in-house.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 July 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

Ballout was suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival Saturday night before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what authorities believe was an Islamic extremist terror attack.

— Geir Moulson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Nagamallaiah ran toward the motel office while Cobos-Martinez chased after him with the machete, police have said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of machete

Verb

The Test Kitchen prefers perforated grill baskets ($30, Amazon).

— Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
This fat line fed a series of narrower pipes in the tower, which ran along the corners of every floor, wall, and ceiling, and were perforated to spray gas into the rooms.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Definition of perforate

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

Definition of prong

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