verb
definition
To singe.
definition
To move like a lash; to lash.
definition
To strike hard.
definition
To chastise; to beat.
adjective
definition
Huge, immense.
definition
Heavy, powerful, scathing.
example
a swingeing verbal attack
Examples of swingeing in a Sentence
If the price condition ca n't be imposed lawfully then compliance is effectively by agreement and the swingeing penalties come into play.
Have had a swingeing sharp attack in Sydney; beating the fields for two nights, Saturday and Sunday.
Thatâs assuming one could afford walking boots after swingeing local tax increases !
We have always resisted the lure of living in London, or the equally strong attraction of escaping swingeing British taxes by living abroad.
He also questions the evidential base on which the apparently swingeing criticisms are based.