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Definition swathe in British English

swathe noun

[countable] noun
/sweɪð/
/swɒθ/
1

a large area of land

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2

a long narrow piece of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something

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3

a large number of people, or a large amount of something

Example

The disease killed huge swathes of the population.

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Definition swathe in British English