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bayonet

verb as in stab

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Officers ordered their men to fix their bayonets and, if ordered to shoot, to “aim to kill.”

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In fact, the French more or less conquered Southern California, not by the bayonet but by the corkscrew.

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Eight machine gun vehicle mounts, seven freestanding machine gun tripods, medical equipment, 40 pairs of binoculars and 18 bayonets also went missing from the facility, police said.

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When you see people attacking the Capitol with crosses used as bayonets, they are showing you the lethal fruit of their faith.

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Those troops were issued bayonets, though they didn’t display them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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