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- noun Plural form of
baton .
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Examples
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Dozens of spaghetti-thin batons fall to the floor in one chaotic heap.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Dozens of spaghetti-thin batons fall to the floor in one chaotic heap.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Dozens of spaghetti-thin batons fall to the floor in one chaotic heap.
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Dozens of spaghetti-thin batons fall to the floor in one chaotic heap.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Dozens of spaghetti-thin batons fall to the floor in one chaotic heap.
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Thousands of police officers have been dispatched to 2,000 locations in Tehran armed with riot gear, such as batons and tear gas, setting up temporary bases in major squares and traffic junctures, said Tehran's police chief, Hassan Sajedi.
Iran Tightens Security as Subsidy Cuts Loom Farnaz Fassihi 2010
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I am a sop and a grapefruit of batons which is more then I can say for the filthy likes of you!
The Sea at Sea (or Why is There a Question Instead of Not a Question) 2010
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This may be true in situations where tasers are used as an alternative to other impact weapons that can cause serious injury, such as batons or lethal force.
John W. Whitehead: Police State Tactics: Tasering Pregnant Women and the Elderly 2008
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Pretoria police spokesman Capt Morne van Wyk said a group of whites armed with an assortment of weapons such as batons, knobkerries, and sjamboks waded into the squatters shortly before
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The same goes for impact weapons such as batons or blackjacks.
Sun Journal 2010
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