bayonetting
Rifle-mounted blade attack
Bayonetting is stabbing or killing with a bayonet—the blade attached to a rifle's muzzle for close combat.
The word appears in accounts of warfare and atrocities: The soldiers went through the camp bayonetting the wounded.
Also spelled bayoneting.
Cost or accusation
- thrustForceful forward motion
- stabPierce with point
- lungeSudden forward movement
- parryDefensive blade deflection
assault · melee · skirmish · clash · engagement · hand-to-hand · close-quarters · trench warfare
First global military conflict
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- infantryGround combat troops
- doughboysWWI American infantrymen
- TommiesBritish military nickname
no man's land · the Somme · Verdun · Gallipoli · Civil War · Napoleonic · musket · reenactment
Ground combat troops
- drillHole-boring device
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- close combatFighting at short range
- platoonSmall infantry formation
regiment · garrison · maneuver · flank · ambush · soldier · combatant · engagement
charge
Cost or accusation
parry · assault · melee · skirmish · clash · engagement · hand-to-hand · close-quarters · trench warfare · infantry charge
World War I
First global military conflict
Tommies · no man's land · the Somme · Verdun · Gallipoli · Civil War · Napoleonic · musket · reenactment · militaria
infantry
Ground combat troops
- drillHole-boring device
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- close combatFighting at short range
platoon · regiment · garrison · maneuver · flank · ambush · soldier · combatant · engagement · advance
pierce
Make hole through
penetrate · thrust · gore · puncture · perforate · run-through · spear · lance · stick · impalement
blade
Flat cutting edge
scabbard · steel · hilt · edge · point · sheath · attachment · sidearm · cold steel
bayonettingshooting
Discharging a weapon
sniping · shelling · bombing · strafing · artillery fire
bayonettingpeace
Freedom from disturbance
love · harmony · reconciliation · embracing · befriending