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to bayonet

to bayonet

2 9.3
To stab someone with a blade fixed to a rifle
  • verb
  • /ˈbeɪənɛt/
  • NSFW
translation icon : apuñalar con bayoneta
  • When her older brother objected, he in turn was beaten, bayoneted, and left for dead.
  • bayoneting babies
  • soldiers bayoneting
  • bayoneted one

Examples

  • Men who fall out of line are bayoneted or shot.

    The Great Raid (2005)

  • Beltar staggered to his feet and bayoneted the orc in the throat before he had a chance to recover.

    Blog text (23)

  • Their hands had been tied behind them, and they had been bayoneted in the back and left to drown.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Stragglers will be bayoneted, let the men know.

    Gods and Generals (2003)

  • The guards bayoneted him.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The soldier bayoneted the enemy combatant during the fierce battle.

  • In a desperate act, he bayoneted the intruder to protect his home.

  • During the conflict, many were bayoneted as the troops advanced.

Synonyms

to knife
vsto bayonet
  • NSFW
15 7.1

To cut or hurt someone with a sharp blade

is that same violent act but with a particular specialised blade type
to harpoon
vsto bayonet
4 6.6

To strike, wound, or kill an animal with a long barbed spear

targets people rather than animals in this kind of stabbing act
to dagger
vsto bayonet
  • NSFW
1 7.9

To stab someone with a short pointed knife

is a stabbing act that uses a different specific fighting blade type
to poniard
vsto bayonet
  • Archaic
9.9

To stab someone with a small thin dagger

is done with a different kind of blade rather than a small slender one
to poignard
vsto bayonet
  • NSFW
9.9

To stab someone with a small pointed knife

is the common modern act of stabbing rather than an archaic or literary term
to guillotine
vsto bayonet
6.6

To cut paper or metal with a large straight blade

is a stabbing or killing action rather than a cutting or chopping method

Antonyms

to save
∞ 1.0

Rescue someone or something from danger

Compounds

Spanish bayonet
  • US
8.6

A desert plant with stiff, sharp leaves and white flower clusters

How Violent

to impale
  • Offensive
26 7.7
to bayonet
  • NSFW
2 9.3
to stab
  • NSFW
459 2.7
jab
16 3.0
poke
4 2.5

Surface Forms

bayonet infinitive
bayoneted past
bayoneted past participle
bayoneting present participle
bayonets third person singular

Etymology

The verb bayonet comes from the name of the blade and means 'to stab' with that knife. So to bayonet someone is to wound or kill them by using the rifle's blade.