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swoop

2 noun
     
swoop2 [countable]
1 a sudden surprise attack on a place in order to get something or take people away - used especially in news reports
swoop on
Police arrested a man in a swoop on his house last night.
2 a swooping movement or action

➔ at/in one fell swoop

at fell4
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