Thesaurus results for MACE

mace

noun

Definition of mace

as in cane

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Recent Examples of mace The spring menu features 12 cocktails built to highlight flavor pairings like pineapple and mace, fennel and pear, and blueberry and oats. — Chris Malloy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026 According to Chicago police, 53 people were arrested, and nine weapons were recovered—including guns, knives, tasers, and bear mace. — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 27 May 2026 For about five minutes, the two kept passing each other as the man alternated between running and walking, similar to interval training, but Barker still instinctively took out her mace. — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Mar. 2026 Eight people were injured after bear mace was released during a fight among students near an Excelsior district high school Wednesday afternoon, according to the school and the San Francisco Fire Department. — Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mace

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Noun

Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Snappers, snakes, toy pistols with caps and toy canes with caps are the only fireworks allowed.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026

Definition of cane

Noun

He was also accused of stabbing the boy with a knife, hitting him with a nightstick and slamming his head into a vehicle.

— Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 20 Jan. 2026
No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.

— Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025

Definition of nightstick

Noun

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
For the Civil Rights Movement, Alabama troopers lifting truncheons to beat marchers crossing Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge.

— Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025

Definition of truncheon

Noun

The sports question has become a political cudgel for Republicans with an eye on growing divisions among Democrats over stances on certain transgender issues that polls show are unpopular with a majority of voters.

— Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
The measure’s main backer is the SEIU United Health Workers West, whose president, Dave Regan, has a long track record of using ballot measures as a cudgel to win concessions from labor adversaries.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of cudgel

Noun

The Seattle Mariners are just 13-for-52 for their careers against Cease, with Josh Naylor having half of the hits and at-bats.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Cecelia Kale was climbing a tree in her front yard in Tigerton on June 23 when a bat latched onto her leg, according to her family.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of bat

Noun

Also called billy button, sun ball, golf beauty, drumstick, and woolly head, craspedia stands out for its globe-like shape that sits atop a bare stem.

— Kate Nateras, Architectural Digest, 10 June 2026
And almost certainly cross $1 billion globally, with $2 billy still in its sights.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026