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   bayonet

   /ˈbeɪənɛt/

   noun

   • 1. a blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.
   • 2. denoting a fitting for a light bulb, camera lens, etc. which is engaged by being pushed into a socket and then twisted to lock it in place: "a bayonet fitting"

   verb

   • 1. stab (someone) with a bayonet: "stragglers were bayoneted where they fell"

   Word Origin late 17th century (denoting a kind of short dagger): from French baïonnette, from Bayonne, the name of a town in SW France, where they were first made.

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