Synonyms of batons

batons

noun

plural of baton

as in canes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canes
• truncheons
• nightsticks
• mallets
• maces
• rods
• bats
• cudgels
• staffs
• bludgeons
• clubs
• shillelaghs
• billies
• hammers
• billy clubs
• bastinadoes
• staves
• waddies
• rungs
• saps
• birches
• blackjacks
• knobkerries
• beetles
• sledgehammers
• rattans
• mauls
• hickories
• gavels
• switches
• crooks
• crabsticks
• walking sticks
• crosiers
• whangees

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of batons

In Paris, tear gas filled the air, and trash cans, school desks and chairs were set alight as riot police with shields and batons clashed with some demonstrators. — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Rights groups say police are deploying ​heavy-handed force with rubber bullets and batons against the protesters, many of them schoolchildren. — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

Video footage also showed people being trampled and hit with batons as officers traveled on horseback. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Images showed altercations between police and protesters, with officers using batons to strike demonstrators, who threw barriers. — Joseph Wilson, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

Now his parents would be taken away, together with the stranger, in a flurry of uniforms and batons and flashing lights. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Images show altercations between police and protesters, with officers using batons to strike demonstrators, who threw barriers. — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

Students and rights groups have accused police of excessive force against minors, including the use of batons, tear gas and non-lethal weapons. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Cooper opposed the ban, arguing the gloves could give deputies another option before resorting to strikes, batons or other force. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026