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What is the noun for bayonet?

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bayonet
  1. (military) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which required to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
  2. (engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. lance, pike, shaft, blade, spear, javelin, harpoon, spike, pikestaff, weapon, trident, gaff, skewer, spire, spar, halberd, bill, lancet, partizan, partisan, gar, pitchfork, barb, arrow, dart, leister … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “He removed his bayonet from his rifle, and was using it as a combat knife now, since a rifle would be too cumbersome.”
bayonetting
  1. A stabbing with a bayonet.
  2. Overlap of fracture fragments in a longbone fracture resulting in shortening of the extremity.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. stabbing, spearing, impalation, impaling, jabbing, skewering, slashing, impalement, lancing, goring, knife attack, piercing, puncturing, puncture, pricking, prick, incision, stab, thrust, pinprick, jab, perforation, riddling, spiking, entrance, sticking, probing, transfixing, entry, transfixion, tapping, drilling, boring, punching, penetration, ingress, forcing, insertion, thrusting … more
bayoneting
  1. A stabbing with a bayonet.
bayonets
  1. plural of bayonet
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lances, pikes, shafts, blades, spears, javelins, harpoons, spikes, pikestaffs, weapons, gaffs, gars, tridents, spars, spires, partisans, skewers, lancets, partizans, bills, halberds, pitchforks, arrows, barbs, darts, leisters, daggers, knives, swords, stilettos, cutlasses, switchblades, dirks, poniards, skeans, bodkins, stylets, anlaces, sai, sidearms, krises, steel, shanks, sabres, sabers, machetes, scalpels, shivs, bolos … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “German soldiers with fixed bayonets guard the water and electricity works, armament factories, railway stations and post offices.”
      “They shaved freshly, and donned their red uniforms, bandoliers, bayonets and cross-straps.”
      “On the Moroccan side, security services with shotguns and rifles with fixed bayonets have met migrant workers.”
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