Thesaurus results for BATON

baton

noun

bə-ˈtän

as in cane

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled

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Recent Examples of baton The video shows officers used Tasers again and struck him with batons, but Runyen in the video said both were ineffective. —

Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026 The department acknowledged in a document published to its website on Thursday that officers used foam baton rounds and a weapon known as the FN 303 against protesters near the detention center that night. —

James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026 Speaking of which, while Iger has been criticized for dragging his feet on transitioning ESPN to a streaming-first universe, arguably nobody in the legacy TV space has nailed the passing of the distribution baton. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026 The annual meeting marked a formal passing of the baton as D’Amaro takes over from Iger, who received a video tribute at the start of the event. —

Bloomberg, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for baton

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cane

Noun

An elderly man holding a cane is also shown in the upper left area of the painting.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The victim told police he was burned, forced to consume alcohol and beaten with aluminum bats, a walking cane and a belt, per CBS Austin, WDBJ 7 and KHOU 11.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026