Synonyms for swoop
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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

Matched Categories

1. • Descend
   • Foray
   • Glissando
   • Move
   • Music

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swoopverb

   Synonyms:
   seize (as a hawk its prey), clutch, catch up, pounce upon

2. swoopverb

   Synonyms:
   stoop, descend, come down, bear down

3. swoopnoun

   Synonyms:
   clutch, seizure

4. swoopnoun

   Synonyms:
   stoop, descent

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1. swoop

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How to use swoop in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Richard Wight:

   In one fell swoop we can now see the same mental health benefits of marriage for same sex couples as heterosexual couples, the main reason there is a benefit to being in a legally recognized marriage is that it introduces a level of stability into a relationship. This is going to help change the social climate. Hearing the Supreme Court say this is OK will help couples feel like they're part of regular society.

4. 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.

5. Sun Tzu:

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