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Definitions for bayonets
bay·o·nets

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bayonets in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bayonets in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of bayonets in a Sentence

  1. William Ralph Inge:

    A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.

  2. Colonel William Prescott:

    Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.N.B. A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757 By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.

  3. Robert E. Lee:

    Still a Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.

  4. Douglas William Jerrold:

    Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.

  5. Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin:

    You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

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