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baton

noun as in stick used for conducting or for protection

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In the relay race, I’m the last person with the last baton, and everybody’s in front of me, but I know I can win.

Erdogan's legions of riot police took up positions under the arches, armed with batons, tear gas and rubber bullets.

From BBC

On Monday, police in Kathmandu had fired water cannons, batons and firing rubber bullets to disperse the protesters.

From BBC

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, many of them masked, are running traffic checkpoints and bashing in car windows with batons in their search for migrants.

From Salon

Videos found on the teenager's electronic devices showed footage and stills of him practising with the samurai sword, shooting a crossbow at a coconut, and using a baton to crush a container on his desk.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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