Antonyms for swoop
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1. • Descend
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1. swoop, slidenoun

   (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

   "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

   Synonyms:
   slide, playground slide, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide

2. swoopnoun

   a very rapid raid

   Synonyms:
   slide

3. swoopverb

   a swift descent through the air

   Synonyms:
   slide

4. pounce, swoopverb

   move down on as if in an attack

   "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

   Synonyms:
   pounce, swoop up

5. swoopverb

   move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

   Synonyms:
   pounce, swoop up

6. swoop, swoop upverb

   seize or catch with a swooping motion

   Synonyms:
   pounce, swoop up

How to use swoop in a sentence?

1. Phil Robertson:

   In one fell swoop, President Obama has jettisoned what remained of U.S. leverage to improve human rights in Vietnam - and basically gotten nothing for it.

2. Michael McConnell:

   We are not the internet police, don't think of us as sort of a fast-action group that's going to swoop in and deal with rapidly moving problems.

3. Markus Soeder:

   I think, basically, the lockdown will have to be extended for the time being, there is no point in just breaking it off now. Imagine: we open everything in one fell swoop, then within two, three weeks we will be in a situation maybe even worse than before.

4. Sun Tzu:

   The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

5. Markus Soeder:

   There is no point in just breaking it off now. Imagine: we open everything in one fell swoop, then within two, three weeks we will be in a situation maybe even worse than before.

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