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PRONUNCIATION OF BATON CHARGE

baton charge  [ˈbætən tʃɑːdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BATON CHARGE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Baton charge is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BATON CHARGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

baton charge

Baton charge

A baton charge is a coordinated tactic for dispersing crowds of people, usually used by police or military during public order situations. In certain countries, police are not authorised to use the tactic unless no other means can be practiced. The tactic involves police officers charging at a crowd of people with batons and in some cases, riot shields. They run at the crowd hitting people with their batons, and in some situations use riotshields to push them away. Baton charging is designed to cause the maximum amount of pain, in the hope that they would be compelled to move away from the scene, dispersing the crowd.

Definition of baton charge in the English dictionary

The definition of baton charge in the dictionary is a crowd dispersal technique in which police, protected by shields, charge into a crowd with batons, clubbing people.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BATON CHARGE


charge
tʃɑːdʒ
countercharge
ˈkaʊntəˌtʃɑːdʒ
curate-in-charge
ˌkjʊərɪtɪnˈtʃɑːdʒ
discharge
dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ
encharge
ɪnˈtʃɑːdʒ
enlarge
ɪnˈlɑːdʒ
hypercharge
ˈhaɪpəˌtʃɑːdʒ
large
lɑːdʒ
mischarge
ˌmɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ
outcharge
ˌaʊtˈtʃɑːdʒ
overcharge
ˌəʊvəˈtʃɑːdʒ
precharge
priːˈtʃɑːdʒ
predischarge
priːˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ
raj
rɑːdʒ
recharge
riːˈtʃɑːdʒ
supercharge
ˈsuːpəˌtʃɑːdʒ
surcharge
ˈsɜːˌtʃɑːdʒ
taj
tɑːdʒ
uncharge
ʌnˈtʃɑːdʒ
undercharge
ˌʌndəˈtʃɑːdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BATON CHARGE

batiste
batler
Batley
batlike
batman
batmen
batological
batologist
batology
baton
Baton Rouge
baton round
baton twirler
batrachia
batrachian
batrachophobia
batrachophobic
bats
bats-in-the-belfry
bats-wing coral-tree

WORDS THAT END LIKE BATON CHARGE

by and large
call-out charge
conditional discharge
conservation of charge
corona discharge
cover charge
delivery charge
depth charge
electric charge
electric discharge
fixed charge
floating charge
free of charge
glow discharge
in charge
negative charge
reverse-charge
reverse the charge
service charge
turbo-charge
vaginal discharge

Synonyms and antonyms of baton charge in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «baton charge» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BATON CHARGE

Find out the translation of baton charge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of baton charge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «baton charge» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

指挥棒充电
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cargo batuta
570 millions of speakers

English

baton charge
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बैटन आरोप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهراوات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эстафета заряд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carga baton
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাটন চার্জ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chargé bâton
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tongkat tongkat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Taktstock Ladung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バトン料
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배턴 요금
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Baton charge
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dùi cui phí
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேலன்ஸ் கட்டணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॅटन चार्ज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Baton şarj
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carica testimone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Opłata baton
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

естафета заряд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

taxa de baston
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γκλομπ χρέωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knuppel stormloop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

batong laddning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stafettpinnen kostnad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of baton charge

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BATON CHARGE»

The term «baton charge» is normally little used and occupies the 131.369 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BATON CHARGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about baton charge

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BATON CHARGE»

Discover the use of baton charge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to baton charge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Baton Charge
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
2
Blue Army: Paramilitary Policing in Australia
According to the logic of this approach, the public would be presented with a reconstructed version of events in which the activities of police would be cleansed of their negative connotations.120 The baton charge at Richmond was a proactive ...
Jude McCulloch, 2001
3
Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda ...
In May 1945 on the night that peace was declared in Europe the celebrations on the streets of Dublin descended into a baton charge when some sections of the crowd waved tricolours. In October 1946 a garda attempted to arrest an individual  ...
Vicky Conway, 2013
4
The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements
... dynamics of escalation (see also McAdam 1983). In general, some internal dynamics of protest policing facilitated escalation. In particular, the main instrument of coercive police intervention – the baton charge – easily leads to escalation.
David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, Hanspeter Kriesi, 2008
5
Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare: A ...
Ask the puppets to stand as still as possible with their arms relaxed by their sides. The puppeteers then go to work to see how efficiently their puppet responds to the baton's charge. •. Always ask the puppets to close their eyes and concentrate  ...
Bernie Warren, 2008
6
Policing Industrial Disputes, 1893 to 1985
For example, a Chief Constable thought that the growth of the mass media coincided with and accounted for the decline of the baton-charge as a public order tactic: What you must remember is that during the first half of the twentieth century ...
Roger Geary, 1985
7
Chambers concise dictionary
baton charge bawl at the head of a marching band. [16c, meaning 'a stick used as a weapon': from French baton stick] ♢ under the baton of someone said of a choir or orchestra, etc: conducted by them. There is sometimes a spelling confusion ...
Ian Brookes, 2004
8
State of Emergency: Nyasaland 1959
One of the Commissioners, who quite obviously had not been listening very carefully to what I had said at the beginning of my evidence, asked me if I had not considered trying to disperse the crowd with a baton charge rather than handing  ...
Colin Baker, 1997
9
Indelible Reminiscences: Memoirs of Major General Gurbakhsh ...
The escorting troops had to hazard a heroic baton charge to rescue the Communist Officers. Taking advantage of the commotion, the inmates of the hospital strangled one of their suspects to death, and throwing his dead body outside, ...
Gurbakhsh Singh, 2013
10
Riot Control: Baton Charge, Non- Military Armored Vehicles, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BATON CHARGE»

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SFI Protests Against Kerala Govt Over Delay In Publishing Of School …
The police resorted to baton charge and tear gas shelling to disperse the protestors. The protesters pelted stones at police personnel and destroyed a police ... «Oneindia, Jul 15»
2
Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani's supporters clash with police in …
Police used baton charge and fired tear smoke shells to disperse the protestors in the old city. Police also detained four protestors from the old ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Police Brutality In Kashmir University
and then beaten, dragged and thrashed by the baton charge of external police forces had to go through? I will let you verify the facts and decide ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»
4
Kashmir University Protest: We Were Brutally Thrashed With Batons …
and then beaten, dragged and thrashed by the baton charge of external police forces had to go through? I will let you verify the facts and decide ... «Youth Ki Awaaz, Jun 15»
5
Protesters baton-charged after blocking minister's vehicle
"The police merely tried to clear the road so that my car could pass and there were no orders for a baton charge," Patil said, adding that the ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
6
Violent clash breaks out between Police and locals protesting over …
The police resorted to baton charge to control the situation. DIG Shaleen Kumar reached the spot and investigated the matter. He assured to ... «ANINEWS, Jun 15»
7
IS, Pakistan Flags Reappear at Fresh Protests in Kashmir
The police and CRPF men retaliated by firing teargas shells and resorted to baton charge to disperse the protestors. As the clashes occurred, ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
8
KASHMIR IN TURMOIL, SLIPPING O
... ding-ding battles with police throughout the day while forces used live fire, teargas and baton charge at these places to quell the protests. «The Citizen, Jun 15»
9
Kashmir University locks out students as protests against Yoga Day …
At least five students were injured on Thursday after the police resorted to flash fire, a baton charge and aerial gunshots to quell their protests. «Scroll.in, Jun 15»
10
Betrayed by Britain: Italy's wartime migrants
A shop owner was shot dead and police had to baton charge the rioting crowds. Alfonso Crolla, Philip's grandfather, founder of Valvona ... «Newsweek, Jun 15»

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