swoop

v., swooped, swoop·ing, swoops.

v.intr.

1. To move in a sudden sweep: The bird swooped down on its prey.
2. To make a rush or an attack with or as if with a sudden sweeping movement. Often used with down: The children swooped down on the pile of presents.

v.tr.
To seize or snatch in or as if in a sudden sweeping movement.

n.
The act or an instance of swooping.

[Middle English swopen, to sweep along, from Old English swāpan, to sweep, swing.]

noun

The act of plunging suddenly downward into or as if into water: dive, nosedive, plunge. Informal header. See enter/exit.

v

Definition: descend quickly
Antonyms: ascend

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Term for the travel of a Marine on liberty to his or her hometown, usually ridiculously far from where they are assigned.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - styrtdykke
v. tr. - gribe, slå ned på, styrtdykke
n. - nedslag, pludseligt angreb, styrtdyk, razzia

Nederlands (Dutch)
door de lucht zwieren, grijpen, bespringen, sprong, zwier

Français (French)
v. intr. - plonger, faire une descente (de police), fondre ou s'abattre (sur)
v. tr. - prendre/saisir soudainement
n. - descente en piqué, rafle, descente (de police)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sturzflug, (ugs.) Razzia
v. - herabstoßen, Razzien durchführen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εφόρμηση, έφοδος, αιφνίδια αρπαγή
v. - εφορμώ, επιπίπτω, (για αλεξιπτωτιστές) κατέρχομαι με ταχύτητα

Italiano (Italian)
picchiata, scendere in picchiata

idioms:

• in/at one fell swoop    in un colpo solo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mergulho (m)
v. - mergulhar

Русский (Russian)
падение вниз (хищной птицы на жертву), внезапное нападение, устремляться, падать вниз, налетать, внезапно налетать, хватать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - caer, precipitarse, arrojarse (sobre)
v. tr. - barrer, arrebatar, cortar de un golpe
n. - calada, descenso en picado, redada, ataque, arremetida

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nedslag, angrepp, överfall
v. - slå ned, rycka till sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
猛扑, 突然袭击, 攫取, 抓去, 俯冲

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 猛撲, 突然襲擊
v. tr. - 攫取, 抓去
n. - 俯衝, 攫取

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 달려들다, 덤벼들다, 급습하다
v. tr. - 잡아채다
n. - 급습, 급강하, 잡아 챔

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 舞い下りる, ひったくる, 急襲する, さらう
n. - 急降下すること, 急降下

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انقضاض الخ (فعل) ينقض على ما يبتلع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮עט, נחת, הסתער, פשט‬
v. tr. - ‮חטף הכל בבת אחת‬
n. - ‮עיטה, הסתערות, פשיטה, חטיפה‬

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