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SWAT
SWAT
A SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...

is the special-weapons-and-tactics unit of a law-enforcement agency.

Swat or SWAT may also refer to:

In media:
  • SWAT (series), a video games series spin-off of Police Quest
  • S.W.A.T. (TV series)
    S.W.A.T. (TV series)
    ----S.W.A.T. is a 1970s American television series about the adventures of the WCPD's Olympic Division Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city....

    , a 1970s American television series about a police unit that deals with special weapons and tactics
  • S.W.A.T. (film)
    S.W.A.T. (film)
    S.W.A.T. is a 2003 action-crime film directed by Clark Johnson, and is based on the 1975 television series of the same name. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, LL Cool J and Michelle Rodriguez. It was produced by Neal H...

    , a 2003 film based on the TV series
  • S.W.A.T. (soundtrack)
    S.W.A.T. (soundtrack)
    S.W.A.T. is the soundtrack score for the 2003 action movie S.W.A.T., based on the 1970s TV series of the same name, composed Elliot Goldenthal.- The score :...

    , soundtrack album to the movie
  • S.W.A.T.: Firefight
    S.W.A.T.: Firefight
    S.W.A.T.: Firefight is a 2011 American action crime thriller film directed by Benny Boom, and sequel to the 2003 film S.W.A.T., based on the 1975 television series S.W.A.T..-Plot:...

    , a 2011 film sequel


In Geography:
  • Swat, Pakistan, a district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province
  • Swat (princely state), a princely state in now Pakistan
  • Swat River
    Swat River
    The Swat River is a river in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Its source is in the Hindukush Mountains, from where it flows through the Kalam Valley and Swat District...

    , a river in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan


Other:
  • Surface Water Assessment Team, part of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement of the American Department of Interior
  • Swat, a blow, for instance in spanking
    Spanking
    Spanking refers to the act of striking the buttocks of another person to cause temporary pain without producing physical injury. It generally involves one person striking the buttocks of another person with an open hand. When an open hand is used, spanking is referred to in some countries as...

    , such as in a birthday custom
  • Swat, or block (basketball)
    Block (basketball)
    In basketball, a block , not to be confused with blocking, occurs when a defensive player legally deflects a field goal attempt from an offensive player. The defender must not touch the offensive player's hands or otherwise a foul is called. In order to be legal, the block must occur while the shot...

    , a defensive player legally deflects a shot from an offensive player
  • The Samba
    Samba (software)
    Samba is a free software re-implementation, originally developed by Andrew Tridgell, of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol. As of version 3, Samba provides file and print services for various Microsoft Windows clients and can integrate with a Windows Server domain, either as a Primary Domain...

     Web Administration Tool
  • SWAT model
    SWAT model
    SWAT is an hydrology model with the following components: weather, surface runoff, return flow, percolation, evapotranspiration, transmission losses, pond and reservoir storage, crop growth and irrigation, groundwater flow, reach routing, nutrient and pesticide loading, water transfer...

     in hydrology

See also

  • Fly swatter
  • "Sultan of Swat", a.k.a. of Babe Ruth
    Babe Ruth
    George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...

  • Abdul Ghafur, the 19th century Akhund of Swat
    Akhund of Swat
    The Akhund of Swat Abdul Ghafur was a Muslim saint who exercised great influence and authority over Muslims over large parts of central Asia....

  • Swatting
    Swatting
    Swatting is an attempt to trick an emergency service into dispatching an emergency response team. The name is derived from SWAT , one type of such team.- History and current status :...

  • Swot (disambiguation)
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