swat
/swɑt/
verb
- To hit something sharply, especially to kill an insect.
- He tried to swat the bee before it stung him.
- I swat at the fly buzzing around my head.
- She used a flyswatter to swat the mosquito.
- To hit or strike with a quick, sharp motion, often in annoyance or to remove something.
- The cat swatted at the dangling toy.
- He swatted the dust off his pants.
- She swatted his hand away when he reached for the cookie.
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noun
- A sharp, quick hit or slap.
- With one quick swat, she knocked the ball out of the air.
- He felt a swat on his back from his friend's playful hand.
- The horse gave a swat with its tail to chase away flies.
- A specialized police unit trained for high-risk operations (often capitalized as SWAT).
- The bank robbery ended peacefully after SWAT negotiators arrived.
- Officers from the local SWAT unit trained for urban combat.
- The SWAT team was called in to handle the hostage situation.
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