bayoneting

variants also bayonetting
present participle of bayonet

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Verb
  • The protagonist's youth doesn't defang the story, as Silent Hill f wastes no time thrusting Hinako and her friends into their personal hells.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Posey played Scott McCall, a normal teen trying to navigate his way through high school until he was bitten by a werewolf, thrusting him further into the supernatural events happening in the fictional town of Beacon Hills.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While they were lined up, members put on boxing gloves and took turns punching the pledges four times in the chest, according to the petition.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Jahmai Jones’ two-run single in the top of the fifth proved the difference, punching Detroit’s ticket to the playoffs and ensuring the Tigers would go into Game 162 with a chance to claw back the AL Central title from the insurgent Cleveland Guardians on the final day of the regular season.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wandering among the half naked nymphs and leering wolves and buff mermen poking their lovely wet heads out of glassy forest pools, their eyes dark with wanting to drag her down to oblivion.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • While some are panicking about the potential event, others are poking fun at the prediction.
    Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Bayoneting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayoneting. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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