as in daggers
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
Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayonets
Noun
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This shop, which features striking geometric styles, is attached to a museum that holds more than 2,500 objects—textiles, coins, daggers, and jewelry—collected by the owners’ late father.—
Gayatri Shah,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Her husband, 53-year-old Dirk Grunewald, was found upstairs with multiple knives laid out and initially refused to speak with officers, Bloomfield Township police said.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The surfaces glide smoothly, even with just a few drops of water, and the knives came out sharp.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Guess where most cord cutters and cord nevers are flocking instead for their broadcast and cable fix?—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Judge asks him for cutters.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Bayonets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayonets. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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