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Swat



Swat or SWAT may refer to:
*Swat (Pakistan), the valley, district or town in the basin of the Swat River
*Swat River, a river in northern Pakistan
*Swat, a princely state which existed in the north of the modern North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan until 1969

SWAT may stand for:
*SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics), a specialized unit in many police departments
*SWAT series, a series of videogames where the player assumes the role of a SWAT team member
*S.W.A.T. (TV series), a 1970s TV series
*S.W.A.T. (film), a 2003 movie based on the series
*SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, an animated series
*Students Working Against Tobacco
*SAMBA Web Administration Tool, a tool for configuring SAMBA
*Swarthmore College
*E-Swat, a Sega System 16 video game

Swat may also refer to:
*a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g. as part of a spanking, as in trading swats; hence the verb: to swat
*a slang term for a block in basketball, mostly because the blocking actions in basketball are like swatting movements
*the related verb to swat means to hit or to beat off, e.g. insects, as with a flat instrument, hence fly swatter



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