swat Alternative forms
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Acronym
(Acronym)
(head)
(chiefly, US, law enforcement) Special weapons and tactics. The area of expertise of police officers trained and equipped to neutralize armed or entrenched criminals.
Usage notes
* Often used attributively before such nouns as (team) or (squad).
* While the specific meaning of the acronym applies only to the United States, the term is informally used in other countries to describe similar police teams.
Noun
( en noun)
(chiefly, US, law enforcement) a SWAT team
- "This situation is out of control. We need a SWAT team," the policeman said.
Anagrams
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sword English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( en noun)
(weaponry) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice.
* 1591 , William Shakespeare, Henry VI , Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.
- Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 49.
- Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.
Someone paid to handle a sword.
(tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
(tarot) A card of this suit.
(weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Derived terms
* bastardsword
* broadsword
* double-edged sword
* fall on one’s sword
* longsword
* pork sword
* put to the sword
* samurai sword
* short sword
* sword bayonet
* swordbill
* sword cane
* swordcraft
* sword dance
* sword fern
* swordfish
* sword grass
* sword knot
* sword lily
* sword of Damocles
* swordbearer, sword-bearer
* swordbearing, sword-bearing
* swordplay
* swordsman
* swordsmanship
* swordstick
* sword-swallower
Coordinate terms
* (weaponry) bayonet, claymore, cutlass, epee, , falchion, foil, katana, knife, machete, rapier, sabre, saber, scimitar, vorpal, yataghan, yatagan
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