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swatting

VERB

hit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clobber knock slap slug smack smash whack

STRONG

beat belt biff box buffet clout cuff ding sock strike wallop

Antonyms

STRONG

lose surrender tap

Example Sentences

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Known for "boshing" - a term the England forwards like to use for swatting aside defenders - Muir smiled when discussing the skill.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

That’s because his secret superpower isn’t swatting away shots.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Six-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz was put through his paces by German journeyman Yannick Hanfmann on Wednesday before swatting him aside to book his place in the Australian Open third round.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Tired of spending frigid winters shoveling snow, or of sweating bullets and swatting mosquitoes in the summer?

From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025

It was amazing they both weren’t devoured by pixies, but then I saw a dozen servants surrounding them, swatting the pixies away with big paddles or spraying them with dirt.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff