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

Authorities are evaluating whether the use of batons and police dogs was excessive. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Last week, at least 50 people, including 19 police personnel, were injured after police used tear gas, water cannons and batons to disperse garment workers demanding unpaid wages and higher pay in Dhaka’s Uttara area. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

Protesters in Turin, Bologna and Florence scuffled with security forces, which used batons and tear gas to push back groups that tried to rush barriers, according to local media which showed images of bleeding protesters. — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Others spoke of police chokeholds and the grainy footage that showed officers striking King with batons. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 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

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