swat
Example Sentences
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This now looks more like the Celtic of a year ago, when Rodgers had the team at the peak of its powers, swatting domestic opposition aside and looking like a very decent Champions League outfit.
From BBC
Tired of spending frigid winters shoveling snow, or of sweating bullets and swatting mosquitoes in the summer?
From MarketWatch
If they can swat aside the Pumas, while injuries stretch the squad into another new shape, the impression of impregnability will only grow.
From BBC
Dawn Staley swatted away the lone annoyance of a perfect season with the perfect quip.
From Washington Post
FBI officials in Pittsburgh said in a statement they’d seen “numerous swatting incidents,” using a term for active-shooter hoaxes that can prompt a massive police response.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.