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swat

verb as in hit

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Bilodeau was especially active in the early going, swatting a shot, scoring on a backdoor layup and drawing a foul on a hanging jumper as the Bruins surged into a 15-5 lead.

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Sunday's impressive performance to swat aside a club he said had pushed him to show the best version of himself answered any doubts.

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The animals stood there swatting at flies and wondering why Roz had brought them to that spot.

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The long-range missiles would let Ukraine do better than simply swatting down hundreds of incoming drones.

He shoots 3-pointers and swats them away; he slams home alley-oops and hauls in rebounds.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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