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
  • Tensions escalated after protesters marching toward Parliament were met with a police crackdown earlier in the week, with officers using batons and tear gas to disperse crowds.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • The demonstrations have become one of the most persistent challenges to Modi’s government in recent years, with thousands returning to the streets even after police used tear gas and batons to disperse marchers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 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
  • Victim 2, who is a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue employee according to the New York Times, was repeatedly struck with canes and paddles and bled through his underwear and pants because of lacerations to his buttocks, according to the warrant.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • At the base, blueberry shrubs have multiple canes (or branches) that grow directly out of the earth in clumps.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 July 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
  • Grier spent the first few seasons of his tenure in San Jose building a foundation for the future, adding to the scouting and player development staffs while also swapping veterans and their contracts for prospects and draft picks.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
  • And, yes, much of the damage was inflicted against one of the American League’s worst pitching staffs (statistically speaking).
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of staffs
Noun
  • The propeller still makes an audible whir that gives the drone away even when the eye can't, and its support wires and rods remain partly visible.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 July 2026
  • Pushing the weight limit will cause the metal support rods to bend and eventually break.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
Definition of rods
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