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swoop(2)(dictionary)
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swoop 1, verb(dictionary)
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swoop(1) (iou)



swoop noun. [swu:p] M16.
[from the verb.]
A blow, a stroke. M16-E18.
The action of swooping down; esp. the sudden pouncing of a bird of prey from a height on its quarry. E17.
R. S. Thomas His grass-green eye Missed neither swoop nor swerve of the hawk's wing.
b. A sudden descent on a place etc., as by a body of troops; a surprise attack, a raid. E19.
at one swoop, at one fell swoop, in one swoop, in one fell swoop at one sudden descent; at a single blow, in one go.
Times Police swoop breaks up Polish peace meeting.