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bayonet Definition

bayo·net (bā′ə net; alsoə nət)

noun

  1. a detachable, daggerlike blade put on the muzzle end of a rifle, for hand-to-hand fighting
  2. a part like a bayonet in shape, manner of attachment, etc.

Etymology: Fr bayonnette, after Bayonne, France (see Bayonne), where first made

transitive verb, intransitive verb -·neted or -·net·ted, -·net·ing or -·net·ting

to stab, prod, or kill with a bayonet

bayonet Synonyms

bayonet

n.

blade, spike, lance, pike; see knife.

bayonet Synonyms

bayonet

v.

stab, spear, stick; see penetrate 1, stab.

bayonet Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • fix: Standing over us was a Nip soldier, holding a rifle with bayonet fixed.
  • use: We had no occasion that time to use the bayonet.
  • have: I have a bayonet fitted to the top of my guitar.
  • attach: This late Type 56 has a permanently attached folding triangular bayonet which unfortunately is missing.
  • stick: I saw him lying dead with his bayonet stuck into a big German officer twice his size.
  • charge: A column rushing forward with charged bayonets almost seemed to reach the enemy's ramparts, but then to melt away.

Adjective modifier

  • fixed: His rifle is raised with a fixed bayonet, threatening the camera.
  • British: The number of casualties inflicted by the British bayonet on the enemy was comparatively small.
  • standard: These attractive frosted glass bulbs are available in either standard bayonet or standard screw.
  • German: The Rada sold itself to German Imperialism and called in the German bayonets to suppress the workers and peasants of the Ukraine.
  • French: It avoided adventures such as the left proposal to occupy the enterprises in the Ruhr in face of French bayonets.
  • triangular: This late Type 56 has a permanently attached folding triangular bayonet which unfortunately is missing.

Modifies a noun

  • fighting: See Figure 2. This was intended to catch the opponent's blade during bayonet fighting.
  • fitting: Using the bayonet fitting, the burner can easily be changed without tools.
  • drill: The field next to the Baptist Chapel, known as Chapel Ground, was used for bayonet drill.
  • cap: There are vent holes in the form of slits just where the bayonet cap joins the plastic housing.
  • charge: He was killed leading a bayonet charge, sword in hand.
  • lens: Nikon's DX Format sensor and F bayonet lens mount design assures compatibility across the comprehensive range of AF and DX Nikkor lenses.

Noun used with modifier

  • sword: The sword bayonet on the SMLE rifle was called by its year of introduction.
  • socket: These socket type bayonets first appeared in the 17th or early 18th Century.
bayonet Quotes

A bayonet is a weapon with a worker at each end.

—Anonymous

We will only leave our places by the force of the bayonet!

—Mirabeau, Honore¤   Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de

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