bayonet charge

noun

A military manoeuvre in which a group of soldiers fix bayonets to their rifles and rush at the enemy forces to engage in close-range combat.

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Meanings

nounbayonet charge (plural bayonet charges)

plural bayonet charges

  1. A military manoeuvre in which a group of soldiers fix bayonets to their rifles and rush at the enemy forces to engage in close-range combat.
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Chicago

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