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swat
1[ swot ]
swat
2[ swot ]
verb
- simple past tense and past participle of sweat.
swat
3[ swot ]
verb (used without object)
Swat
4[ swaht ]
SWAT
5[ swot ]
noun
- a special section of some law enforcement agencies trained and equipped to deal with especially dangerous or violent situations, as when hostages are being held (often used attributively):
a SWAT team.
verb (used with or without object)
- Usually swat. to cause a SWAT team to be deployed on (an unsuspecting victim, especially a public figure or someone prominent on social media) by falsifying a threat, often as a punishment or retaliation:
His plan was to swat other gamers during their streaming broadcasts so everyone would see it happen.
The film’s director was swatted when the sequel disappointed fans.
Swat
1/ swɒt /
noun
- a former princely state of NW India: passed to Pakistan in 1947
- a river in Pakistan, rising in the north and flowing south to the Kabul River north of Peshawar. Length: about 640 km (400 miles)
swat
2/ swɒt /
verb
- a variant of swot 1
SWAT
3/ swɒt /
acronym for
- Special Weapons and Tactics: a military-like unit within the US police force, trained to deal with specially dangerous situations, such as hostage-taking and riots
swat
4/ swɒt /
verb
- to strike or hit sharply
to swat a fly
noun
- another word (esp Brit) for swatter
- a sharp or violent blow
Word History and Origins
Origin of swat2
Word History and Origins
Origin of swat1
Example Sentences
Hence the SWAT teams and armored trucks surrounding his house.
Time was suspended as the world watched and waited for news about the young, brave girl from the Swat Valley.
SWAT teams from larger cities like Manchester and Nashua showed up early, Taylor said.
You were also in SWAT early on, which has the most ridiculous plot ever.
Hoech approached the line of police and SWAT vehicles in his sedan late Tuesday, turned around, and parked.
Then Michael and Alan would be inclined to fidget, until Michael announced it was time to go and swat.
The Lhari had spoken regretfully, but the way they'd speak of a fly they couldn't manage to swat fast enough.
See here, out with the whole thing, or I'll swat yer one on the cocoanut, Humpendinck!
If ye blab a word to anyone, ye'll git me in trouble, an' I'll crush ye as willin' as I'd swat a fly.
As the centuries rolled on, this district of Swat, together with the valley of Dir, became a great headquarters of Buddhism.
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