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Synonyms for bayonet

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bey-uh-nit, -net, bey-uh-net
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbeɪ ə nɪt, -ˌnɛt, ˌbeɪ əˈnɛt

Définition of bayonet

Origin :
  • 1610s, originally a type of dagger; as a steel stabbing weapon fitted to the muzzle of a firearm, from 1670s, from French baionnette (16c.), said to be from Bayonne, city in Gascony where supposedly they first were made; or perhaps it is a diminutive of Old French bayon "crossbow bolt." The city name is from Late Latin baia "bay" + Basque on "good." As a verb from c.1700.
  • verb stab
Example sentences :
  • One dragoon advanced and was struck off his horse by the bayonet.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • Without wasting time in firing, they advanced with the bayonet.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • She thought that she had to avenge her husband, and had fixed the bayonet to her rifle.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • The fellow was a broad-chested, short-necked German, armed with rifle and bayonet.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • I killed a French sergeant myself with my bayonet in this action.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence » by William Lawrence
  • In storm, with bayonet and rifle butt, they came on and broke into the trenches.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • I'll give you a hundred cartridges in exchange for your bayonet if you like.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 » by Various
  • She holds India by fear, at the point of the bayonet—all for greed.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • The primer, not the bayonet, should be relied upon to uphold the liberty of a nation.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • In the bayonet fighting that followed some Germans were killed.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various

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