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
bayoneted also bayonetted; bayoneting also bayonetting
: to use a bayonet
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Dina Litovsky, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Prosecutors showed the jury photos of victims with scars left by objects including a bayonet, a burning cigarette and ropes.
—Colleen Slevin, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
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
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Noun
Baca, who has been leading these workshops since 2011, recalled a moment from one: Everett Cox, a Vietnam War veteran who had kept away from everything military for decades, responded to a prompt of action verbs by expertly stabbing and slashing with an invisible bayonet.
—Dina Litovsky, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Prosecutors showed the jury photos of victims with scars left by objects including a bayonet, a burning cigarette and ropes.
—Colleen Slevin, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
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
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“Bayonet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bayonet. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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