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
Now Walker Buehler will look to take the baton and run with it.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
The crowd was met with lines of CHP officers who used batons to push them back.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
What did that next passing of the baton look like when it would inevitably get passed to me?
—Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
Rena Frye, their mother, rushed to the defense of her sons; the police pinned her to a patrol vehicle, and the officers took a baton to Marquette.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
The crowd was met with lines of CHP officers who used batons to push them back.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
What did that next passing of the baton look like when it would inevitably get passed to me?
—Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
Rena Frye, their mother, rushed to the defense of her sons; the police pinned her to a patrol vehicle, and the officers took a baton to Marquette.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baton
cane
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Other dolls in the Fashionistas line include a blind Barbie who carries a cane, a Barbie with Down syndrome, and a Barbie who uses a wheelchair.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Her patient that day last November used a cane, and Jiménez planned to park close so that her patient wouldn’t have to walk too far.—
Dave Altimari,
ProPublica,
30 June 2025
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“Baton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baton. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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