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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 bayonets
USA Today, 4 May 2026
Audiences are immersed in the horrors of the war, which was fought eyeball to eyeball by landless men wielding muskets, unreliable rifles and terrifying bayonets.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2025
Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Back on Lexington Common, British troops are sweeping forward, bayonets fixed.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
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Guard members had tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas and had advanced toward the protesters with bayonets affixed to their rifles.
—USA Today, 4 May 2026
Audiences are immersed in the horrors of the war, which was fought eyeball to eyeball by landless men wielding muskets, unreliable rifles and terrifying bayonets.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2025
Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Back on Lexington Common, British troops are sweeping forward, bayonets fixed.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayonets
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There will be mass hallucinations, legal exorcisms, shady book launderers, and scarlet daggers.—
Willa Rubin,
NPR,
1 May 2026
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Many of the thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets brandished weapons including guns and daggers, while others waved Lebanese, Palestinian, Iranian and Hezbollah flags.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Most home cooks are better off with knives that feel balanced and comfortable in-hand.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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Someone left dolls meant to resemble Lew Wasserman and the studio’s spokesperson Sally Van Slyke, crucified and with knives sticking out of them, at Universal’s headquarters.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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Those ships, known for now as the FF (X), will be based on the Coast Guard’s Legend-class national security cutters.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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More powerful laser cutters often need to be paired with external air pumps and filtration systems.—
Andrew Liszewski,
The Verge,
27 May 2026
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“Bayonets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayonets. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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