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BAYONET
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Irregular inflected forms: bayonetted , bayonetting
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bayonet" is a kind of...):
knife (a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point)
Derivation:
bayonet (stab or kill someone with a bayonet)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bayonet ... he / she / it bayonets
Past simple: bayoneted /bayonetted
Past participle: bayoneted /bayonetted
-ing form: bayoneting /bayonetting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stab or kill someone with a bayonet
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bayonet" is one way to...):
knife; stab (use a knife on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to bayonet the prisoners
Derivation:
bayonet (a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon)