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Recent Examples of bayonet
Noun
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
Verb
Prosecutors showed the jury photos of victims with scars left by objects including a bayonet, a burning cigarette and ropes. Colleen Slevin, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025 Prosecutors showed the jury photos of victims with scars left by things including a bayonet, a burning cigarette and ropes. Colleen Slevin, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bayonet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayonet
Noun
  • The final dagger for Martinez was an 11-game losing streak last month, when Washington went 7-19.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Unlike two semi-famous people who blithely chatted away in the aisle holding up the start of Act 2. Andrew Lloyd Webber shot daggers at them.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Other victims included Javier Castillo, 15, of Central Islip, who was befriended by gang members only to be hacked with a machete in the head, neck, torso and extremities in an isolated marsh.
    Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
  • When the front desk clerk opened the door, Buxton threatened her with a machete, agency officials said.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Individual plates, perforated with pinholes, are illuminated by a bright central light.
    Martin Bush, Space.com, 5 July 2025
  • This is the same political culture that perforated Hogg’s own political maturation — one where the stringent structures of establishment politics’ demands of loyalty ring hollow and moral idealism is a necessity.
    Maximo Bratter, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The user also posted about a knife sheath before the sheath discussed in the case.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 11 July 2025
  • Cut corn kernels from the cob using a sharp knife; discard cobs.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • The chat reportedly suggested the members had strong ties to the police force, which then brought police corruption into the multi-pronged scandal.
    Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2019
  • Apparently, there's now a new twist on the classic shape, looking a little more modern with an oval center stone and spiky pronged diamonds surrounding it.
    Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 2 Aug. 2019
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
Verb
  • When Kate met William at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, she and her family, including siblings Pippa and James, were thrust into the public eye and entered the royal circle.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 6 July 2025
  • However, they were thrust into the public eye in April 2023 when a courier operating in the Fort Worth suburb of Colleyville sold the winning ticket for a $95 million Texas Lotto jackpot.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

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“Bayonet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayonet. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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