BAYONET Definition & Meaning

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bayonet

[ bey-uh-nit, -net, bey-uh-net ]

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noun

a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
a pin projecting from the side of an object, as the base of a flashbulb or camera lens, for securing the object in a bayonet socket.

verb (used with object)

bayoneted or bayonetted, bayoneting or bayonetting.

to kill or wound with a bayonet.

bayonet

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noun

a blade that can be attached to the muzzle of a rifle for stabbing in close combat
a type of fastening in which a cylindrical member is inserted into a socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket

verb

tr to stab or kill with a bayonet

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bayonet¹

1605–15; < French ��ï�ǲԲԱ�ٳٱ�, after Bayonne in France (where the weapon was first made or used); -ette

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bayonet¹

C17: from French ��ï�ǲԲԱ�ٳٱ� , from Bayonne where it originated

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In fact, the French more or less conquered Southern California, not by the bayonet but by the corkscrew.

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Eight machine gun vehicle mounts, seven freestanding machine gun tripods, medical equipment, 40 pairs of binoculars and 18 bayonets also went missing from the facility, police said.

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When you see people attacking the Capitol with crosses used as bayonets, they are showing you the lethal fruit of their faith.

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Those troops were issued bayonets, though they didn’t display them.

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But there were also enough accounts of unsettling deaths, by suicide or “accident,” to make you wonder about the unreported ones, and the iceberg depths of damage beyond Minié balls and bayonets.

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