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bayonet

bay·o·net [ báy ənət, bày ə nét ]


noun  (plural bay·o·nets)
Definition:
 
blade fitted to rifle: a blade that can be attached to the end of a rifle and used for stabbing



transitive verb  (past and past participle bay·o·net·ed or bay·o·net·ted, present participle bay·o·net·ing or bay·o·net·ting, 3rd person present singular bay·o·nets)
Definition:
 
use bayonet on somebody: to stab or kill somebody with a bayonet

[Early 17th century. < French baïonnette, after Bayonne, in France]
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