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Definition of bayonet verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bayonet

verb

NAmE//ˌbeɪəˈnɛt//

, NAmE//ˈbeɪənət//

bayonet somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bayonet

he / she / it bayonets

past simple bayoneted

-ing form bayoneting

to push a bayonet into someone in order to kill them Innocent civilians had been shot and bayoneted.

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