bayonet
1 of 2noun
bay·o·net ˈbā-ə-nət 
-ˌnet,
ˌbā-ə-ˈnet : a steel blade attached at the muzzle end of a shoulder arm (such as a rifle) and used in hand-to-hand combat
bayonet
2 of 2verb
bayoneted also bayonetted; bayoneting also bayonetting
transitive verb
1
: to stab with a bayonet
2
: to compel or drive by or as if by the bayonet
intransitive verb
: to use a bayonet
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022 When asked about Monte Carlo getting a glaive bayonet melee animation, Mercules winks. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022 Gloria Richardson, a local movement leader, was talking to men on the street when she was interrupted by a National Guardsman and his bayonet. Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022 Clare fixed his bayonet to his rifle and began marching down the exposed hillside with the other men in his platoon. Lindsey Fitzharris, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2022 Randolph employs a unique bayonet temple that eliminates the traditional hooked earpiece. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2020 Old Falls Revolutionary War Days is a two-day event with mock battles,18th-century civilian fashion shows, tomahawk and bayonet competitions and a parade each day. Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2022 For me, that strife is sort of embodied by the bayonet that Owen’s grandfather purchases early on. Keith Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2022 An Off Duty article Saturday about espresso makers included a quote that inaccurately compared the use of the Flair Pro 2 to the firing and cleaning of a bayonet. WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022 Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020 And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted. Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018 An Army inquiry ultimately determined that 347 civilians were killed that day — shot, bayoneted or blasted with grenades. Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2018 An Army inquiry ultimately determined that 347 civilians were killed that day — shot, bayoneted, or blasted with grenades. Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018 One elderly man was bayoneted to death; another man was thrown alive into a well and killed with a hand grenade. Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018 One elderly man was bayoneted to death; another man was thrown alive into a well and killed with a hand grenade. Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018 There are many battles in which surrendering soldiers are gunned down or bayoneted to death. Dom Giordano, Philly.com, 27 Sep. 2017 One of them, Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma, who used his office to bayonet Mr. Obama’s clean-energy regulations, was just chosen by Mr. Trump to become the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Vivian Yee, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2016 See More
Noun
No dictator wants to end their rule with a bayonet up the backside. Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022 When asked about Monte Carlo getting a glaive bayonet melee animation, Mercules winks. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022 Gloria Richardson, a local movement leader, was talking to men on the street when she was interrupted by a National Guardsman and his bayonet. Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022 Clare fixed his bayonet to his rifle and began marching down the exposed hillside with the other men in his platoon. Lindsey Fitzharris, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2022 Randolph employs a unique bayonet temple that eliminates the traditional hooked earpiece. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2020 Old Falls Revolutionary War Days is a two-day event with mock battles,18th-century civilian fashion shows, tomahawk and bayonet competitions and a parade each day. Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2022 For me, that strife is sort of embodied by the bayonet that Owen’s grandfather purchases early on. Keith Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2022 An Off Duty article Saturday about espresso makers included a quote that inaccurately compared the use of the Flair Pro 2 to the firing and cleaning of a bayonet. WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022 Verb
There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating. Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020 And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted. Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018 An Army inquiry ultimately determined that 347 civilians were killed that day — shot, bayoneted or blasted with grenades. Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2018 An Army inquiry ultimately determined that 347 civilians were killed that day — shot, bayoneted, or blasted with grenades. Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018 One elderly man was bayoneted to death; another man was thrown alive into a well and killed with a hand grenade. Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018 One elderly man was bayoneted to death; another man was thrown alive into a well and killed with a hand grenade. Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018 There are many battles in which surrendering soldiers are gunned down or bayoneted to death. Dom Giordano, Philly.com, 27 Sep. 2017 One of them, Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma, who used his office to bayonet Mr. Obama’s clean-energy regulations, was just chosen by Mr. Trump to become the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Vivian Yee, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2016 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
French baïonnette, from Bayonne, France
First Known Use
Noun
1680, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1778, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Phrases Containing bayonet
Kids Definition
bayonet 1 of 2
noun
bay·o·net ˈbā-ə-nət
ˌbā-ə-ˈnet
: a weapon like a dagger made to fit on the end of a rifle
bayonet
2 of 2verb
bayonetted; bayonetting
: to stab with a bayonet
bayoneted
verb
variants also bayonetted
as in perforated
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- perforated
- riddled
- knifed
- pronged
- stabbed
- punched
- piked
- quilled
- poked
- thrust
- gimleted
- spindled
- pricked
- speared
- poniarded
- dirked
- impaled
- sliced
- jabbed
- gored
- spitted
- harpooned
- pierced
- pinpricked
- punctured
- pecked
- lanced
- skewered
- pinked
- transfixed
- spiked
- stuck
- ran through
- cut
- picked
- transpierced