adjective [usuallybeforenoun] (BrE, written)
1 large and likely to cause people problems, especially financial problems:
swingeing cuts / fines / increases
2 extremely critical of sb/sth:
a swingeing attack on government policy
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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