bayonet
/ˈbeɪənət/noun
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संगीन
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a long sharp knife that is fastened onto the end of a rifle and used as a weapon in battle
संगीन
- soldiers with fixed bayonets
- The museum displayed a rusty bayonet from the First World War.
- The guard fixed his bayonet before the parade began.
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- A bayonet hung from the soldier's rifle in the old photograph.
- The museum keeps a bayonet used in a nineteenth-century war.
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[T] ~ sb
to stab somebody with a bayonet
संगीन भोंकना
- The soldier was bayoneted.
- Historians note that very few soldiers were actually bayoneted in the later years of the war.
- The enemy soldier was bayoneted during the night attack.
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- In the novel, a sentry bayoneted the intruder before he could raise the alarm.
- He had been bayoneted in the leg and spent months in hospital.
AaSpelling
bay·o·net
§Grammar and usage
Keep the blade weapons together: bayonet (fixed to a rifle), dagger (a short pointed knife), sword (a long blade), sabre (a curved sword), scimitar (a curved sword with a broad blade), spear (a long pole with a pointed end).
धारदार हथियार साथ याद रखिए: bayonet (राइफ़ल पर लगी), dagger (छोटा नुकीला चाकू, कटार), sword (लंबी तलवार), sabre (घुमावदार तलवार), scimitar (चौड़े फलक की घुमावदार तलवार), spear (नुकीले सिरे वाला लंबा डंडा, भाला)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A case for a sword is a sheath or scabbard.
तलवार का खोल sheath या scabbard (म्यान)।