bayonet
(beɪənət )
Word forms: bayonets , bayoneting , bayoneted
1. countable noun
A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
Synonyms: sword, knife, blade, lance
2. verb
To bayonet someone means to push a bayonet into them.
The soldiers were ordered to bayonet every man they could find. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: stab, cut, wound, knife
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Translations:
Chinese: 刺刀
Japanese: 銃剣
- take the law into your own hands
- take the law into your own hands
- take the liberty of doing something
- take the mickey
- take the place of
- take the place of/take sb's place
- take the plunge
- take the rap
- take the rap
- take the reins
- take the rise out of someone
- take the role
- take the rough with the smooth
- take the rough with the smooth
- take the shine off something
- take the sting out of something
- take the sting out of sth
- take the test
- take the train
- take the trouble
- take the wind out of someone's sail
- take the words out of someone's mouth
- take the wraps off something
- take/tickle sb's fancy
- take to