as in smacked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes
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Recent Examples of swatted
Phil Mickelson swatted a moving golf ball on the 13th green out of frustration.
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ABC News, 3 June 2026
Golden State swatted 11 shots Thursday, a league-wide single-game high for the season.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
The Fever guard swatted a shot from Seattle’s Mackenzie Holmes, then immediately let everyone in the building know about it.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Toews’ deflection bounced high from the left face-off dot toward Wedgewood’s net — but before the goalie could control the rebound, Hartman swatted it like a pickleball volley in mid-air and past the Colorado goaltender for a 3-0 Minnesota lead.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
The Canadiens would go nearly 30 minutes without a shot on net, but then got another unusual score when Lane Hutson’s shot rebounded off the back wall, hung momentarily in the air, and then was swatted expertly by Alex Newhook off Andrei Vasilevskiy’s leg.
—John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Quenneville swatted away a question about concern over his netminder.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
The bee that flies alone gets swatted, or at least turned into a necklace at some rich lady’s garden party.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Then Julien swatted a home run the other way to left field, Márquez got another out and Moniak drove his second home run over the wall in right-center field.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 3 June 2026
Golden State swatted 11 shots Thursday, a league-wide single-game high for the season.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
The Fever guard swatted a shot from Seattle’s Mackenzie Holmes, then immediately let everyone in the building know about it.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Toews’ deflection bounced high from the left face-off dot toward Wedgewood’s net — but before the goalie could control the rebound, Hartman swatted it like a pickleball volley in mid-air and past the Colorado goaltender for a 3-0 Minnesota lead.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
The Canadiens would go nearly 30 minutes without a shot on net, but then got another unusual score when Lane Hutson’s shot rebounded off the back wall, hung momentarily in the air, and then was swatted expertly by Alex Newhook off Andrei Vasilevskiy’s leg.
—John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Quenneville swatted away a question about concern over his netminder.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
The bee that flies alone gets swatted, or at least turned into a necklace at some rich lady’s garden party.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Then Julien swatted a home run the other way to left field, Márquez got another out and Moniak drove his second home run over the wall in right-center field.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swatted
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Tech infielder Alex Hernandez, who starred in the ACC championship game last weekend, smacked a game-tying two-run homer before an out was recorded in the bottom of the frame.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
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In a 3-2 second-round win against La Costa Canyon, Point Loma smacked two solo homers in the bottom of the seventh.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Rojas slapped a single up the middle to put the Royals ahead.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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According to the affidavit, another pupil was allegedly slapped in the face three times.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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The committee’s volunteers knocked on more than 32,000 doors, made more than 50,000 calls and distributed more than 1,200 yard signs, according to Andrew Kim from the Yes on Measure V Davis ground team.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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Arizona State upset Texas in the first game, as Kavan was uncharacteristically knocked around for eight hits and three earned runs across five innings.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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The hitting coaches have been really emphasizing it.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Among those arrested was a woman who allegedly punched a police officer.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
9 June 2026
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Emily Dunn then responded with a goal for Walpole, but Duxbury punched right back via the stick of Emma Prouty.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
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Additionally, Wallen was also slammed by several local figures.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 June 2026
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Without hesitation, Towns drove past the 7-4 unanimous Defensive Player of the Year, and slammed home a finish.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
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The small, but spirited, Peruvian fan group in the north stands banged its drums and waved flags, finally able to be part of the party.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
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Founders of Avatech’s mentee companies, seated in front of their laptops, clapped and banged their hands on tables to the distinctive stomp-stomp-clap beat of the song as an electric guitar wailed.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Swift watched, clapped and laughed at his antics.—
PJ Green
May 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2026
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He was joined by Konstantinos Mavropanos and Jarrod Bowen, who clapped dejectedly.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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“Swatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swatted. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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