How to say "swoop" in Japanese

• 急降下きゅうこうかCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers the literal sense: a steep, rapid downward dive, as by a bird or aircraft; also a sudden drop or nosedive. Think of a hawk swooping on prey or a plane in a nosedive.
  ワシは獲物えものめがけて急降下きゅうこうかした。↗

  The eagle dived at its prey.
• 大捕り物おおとりもの
  nounMatches the figurative 'swoop' of a sudden large-scale roundup of criminals or animals, a manhunt or crackdown. Less common, it really denotes the roundup itself rather than a general word for 'swoop'.

Use 急降下 for the literal sense of swooping or diving sharply downward, as a bird or aircraft does, and 「大捕り物」 for the figurative sense of a sudden roundup or crackdown, though that word is less common.

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• 急降下きゅうこうかsudden drop
• 大捕り物おおとりものroundup (criminals, animals, etc.)