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noun

plural of bayonet

as in daggers

a long blade that is attached to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon in battle

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bayonet

as in pikes

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Noun

Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets. — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026 Guard members had tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas and had advanced toward the protesters with bayonets affixed to their rifles. — USA Today, 4 May 2026 Audiences are immersed in the horrors of the war, which was fought eyeball to eyeball by landless men wielding muskets, unreliable rifles and terrifying bayonets. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2025 Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025

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Noun

True to form, Bladee’s daggers land with a delivery as sweet and honeyed as mead in his ethereal voice.

— Vogue, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
Weary of seeing people pick their teeth with daggers, Cardinal Richelieu has knives blunted in royal France.

— New York Times, New York Times, 17 July 2026

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Last year, a man was arrested after a machete and knives were discovered at a screening checkpoint in the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC), according to USCP.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Over the course of the 95-minute run time, Cole will also deploy knives, a fire ax, a fishing spear, various firearms, and his very capable fists to take out foes, but the lock marks a high point in terms of situation-specific ingenuity.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

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