Synonyms of bayonets

bayonets 1 of 2

noun

plural of bayonet

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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• daggers
• cutlasses
• machetes
• knives
• poniards
• switchblades
• bolos
• pocketknives
• bodkins
• stilettos
• cutters
• stylets
• dirks
• sheath knives
• swords
• yataghans
• sabers
• shivs
• shanks
• rapiers
• switch knives
• jackknives
• bowie knifes
• cleavers
• steels
• hacks
• scalpels

bayonets

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bayonet

as in pikes

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• pikes
• quills
• poniards
• perforates
• dirks
• gimlets
• prongs
• thrusts
• pricks
• riddles
• punches
• spindles
• knifes
• pokes
• lances
• spears
• pinpricks
• spikes
• sticks
• slices
• stabs
• jabs
• spits
• skewers
• runs through
• impales
• pierces
• gores
• punctures
• transfixes
• pecks
• harpoons
• cuts
• picks
• pinks
• transpierces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bayonets

Noun

Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets. — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026

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