Swoop

/ˈswuːp/

Synonyms for "swoop" (100 found)

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Verb(2 words)
pounceswoop up

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attack swoopdrug raidpolice raidpredatory diveprey capture swoopraid swooprapid descentrescue swoop

Collocations

10 entries
aerial swoopattack swoopdownward swoopmarket swoopmidnight swooppolice swoopprecise swooppredatory swooprapid swoopswift swoop

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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This is a golden opportunity we'd be stupid to pass up. Let's get to work and finish it all in one fell swoop.

Source: tatoeba (240720)

The samurai decapitated his opponent in one fell swoop.

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I felt naked in a strange world. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air, knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop.

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The swoop of bats in the darkness over her was as the wings of unearthly creatures.

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