maces

noun

plural of mace
as in staves

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maces
  1. batons
  2. nightsticks
  3. truncheons
  4. canes
  5. cudgels
  6. bludgeons
  7. staffs
  8. rods
Noun
  • Authorities are evaluating whether the use of batons and police dogs was excessive.
    — ABC News, 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
Definition of batons
Noun
  • No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.
    — Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of nightsticks
Noun
  • The robbers fought with murderous determination, and the police answered with their truncheons.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
  • Hundreds of people crowded the runway to greet Ali, pushing against a cordon of soldiers armed with truncheons.
    — Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of truncheons
Noun
  • Light trimming, staking and tying Damaged canes make roses more susceptible to disease.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • For sighted individuals, the exhibits help provide context to the experiences of others, like an area with canes used by the blind on different types of flooring.
    — Caroline Eubanks, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of canes
Noun
  • When words lose their original meanings and are repurposed as verbal cudgels, the public sphere becomes a jungle of denunciation, intimidation, and even violence.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • While the conservative pushback and Trump’s cudgels are encouraging some companies to abandon formal DEI policies, analysts say an emphasis on diversity continues and is quietly evolving beneath the surface.
    — William Becker, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025
Definition of cudgels
Noun
  • There’s Xi Jinping mogging Bibi Netanyahu while deafeningly aggro phonk bludgeons away; hype montages paint Marx as history’s greatest theorist and pair Zohran Mamdani quotes with Playboi Carti Die Lit cuts.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of bludgeons
Noun
  • Alford also served on the staffs of area hospitals and as a faculty member at his alma mater.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • When failure persists across multiple coaching staffs, front offices, and rosters, the conversation inevitably returns to organizational leadership.
    — Stephan Pechdimaldji, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of staffs
Noun
  • The Sicilian marionettes were giant puppets, each around four feet high and controlled from above not by strings but iron rods.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
  • While the broader Columbia facility has operated since 1968 producing pellets, rods, and complete assemblies, mass production of LEU+ marks a technical shift.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rods
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“Maces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maces. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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