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1 swingeing
['swɪndʒɪŋ]* * *swingeing /ˈswɪndʒɪŋ/a.1 duro; forte; violento; drastico; severo: a swingeing blow, un colpo violento; una forte percossa; swingeing cuts in public spending, drastici tagli alla spesa pubblica2 (fam.) stragrande; enorme: swingeing majority, stragrande maggioranza; maggioranza schiacciante; swingeing damages, danni enormi.* * *['swɪndʒɪŋ] -
2 swingeing swinge·ing adj
['swɪndʒɪŋ](cuts) drastico (-a), (attack, blow) violento (-a), (defeat, majority) schiacciante, (taxation) forte, (price increase) enorme
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