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BAYONET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

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) 

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)

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