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Meanings of bayonet in English

Russian
штык-нож
Portuguese
sabre baioneta
Spanish
bayoneta
Catalan
baioneta
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Bladed weapon designed for attachment to a firearm.

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          Usage of bayonet in English
          1
          Pouring in a volley, the first British line charged with the bayonet.
          At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
          2
          He suddenly remembered the broken bayonet upon the ledge against the wall.
          The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete
          3
          He made a cut; Kavanagh turned it with his bayonet and re-posted.
          For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War
          4
          But we can gain it only at the end of the bayonet.
          How to Live a Holy Life
          5
          The battle terminated in a hand-to-hand bayonet conflict which lasted four hours.
          America's War for Humanity
          6
          He has lost his confidence in example, and appeals to the bayonet.
          The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. / Interviews
          7
          The bayonet did the rest, taking deadly revenge for the murderous volleys.
          The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)
          8
          They knew how to use the bayonet and the Turks did not.
          The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 / The Recent Da...
          9
          We had made the only really successful bayonet charge of the campaign.
          Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
          10
          You know that independence is purchased at the point of the bayonet.
          Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazi...
          11
          And in truth some hours afterwards he had received seventeen bayonet thrusts.
          The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
          12
          But a trooper was just ahead of him, lunging with his bayonet.
          New york: the novel
          13
          They started to leap and caught the flash of a bayonet below.
          The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
          14
          Not a bayonet had reached the breast for which it was aimed.
          Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 02 (of 15), America...
          15
          The sentry's bayonet was just disappearing behind the corner of the hut.
          Ranson's Folly
          16
          One dragoon advanced and was struck off his horse by the bayonet.
          A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History ...
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          Spanish
          bayoneta
          Catalan
          baioneta
          Bayonet through the time
          Bayonet across language varieties
          United Kingdom
          Common
          United States of America
          Less common