The phrase "as baton" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a baton in a specific context, but without additional context, it is unclear how to use it appropriately.
Example: "He passed the baton to his teammate during the relay race."
Alternatives: "as a baton" or "like a baton".
Even when a decision was made to authorize the use of plastic bullets, known as baton rounds, against looters, a senior Metropolitan Police officer told The Guardian that officers would be asked to show restraint before firing munitions that are not supposed to be lethal.
The Conservative mayor, who faces a battle for re-election next year, said police were not asking to use weapons such as baton rounds and water cannon, and he dismissed the notion floated by Cameron that social media could be blocked in the event of future disturbances.
In one gut-wrenching sequence, the ashes of lost loved ones are scattered on the lawns of the White House as baton-wielding policemen on horses attempt to prevent the protesters from making their stand (we think of Joe Hill's call to arms, "Don't mourn, organise!").
The constitution establishes that the incoming president's swearing-in take place in Congress, but does not specify where ceremonial items such as batons or sashes should be handed over.
There is no established lexicon for non-lethal weapons, but there are accepted categories and concepts, including impact or kinetic weapons things that strike, such as batons, billy clubs, saps, and projectiles fired from shotguns (including bean bags and stun bags, which usually have sand in them instead of lead pellets), and "vivi," meaning animals.
"The nature of the acts of torture consists mainly of transitory physical injuries caused by blunt instruments (essentially punches, slaps and, occasionally, blows with objects such as batons or cricket bats) which heal by themselves without medical treatment and leave no physical scars.
He said: "It's important as many people as possible feel part of this special moment and from today there's a chance for everyone to nominate the people in their street, village, town or city that they would like to see honoured as baton-bearers".
"Officers lack adequate training or policies on when and how to report force and when and how to use many impact weapons (such as batons and flashlights).
Hoping to torpedo Khrushchev's efforts at détente with the U.S., Mao soon thereafter provoked the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, describing the Taiwanese islands shelled in the crisis as "batons that keep Eisenhower and Khrushchev dancing, scurrying this way and that.
Wittgenstein gesticulates with it angrily or uses it as a baton, as an example, as a tool.
Captured by television cameras all around, police officers in riot helmets could be seen hitting protesters with wooden batons as protesters hurled things at them.
