bayoneted

Variant of bayonet

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.

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

transitive verb, intransitive verb bayoneted or bayonetted, bayoneting or bayonetting

to stab, prod, or kill with a bayonet
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