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FELL SWOOP, AT ONE

FELL SWOOP, AT ONE
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all at once or all together, as if by a single blow. The expression dates from the sixteenth century; the word fell was Old English for "fierce" or "savage." That route has total self-determinism and other-determinism and, of course, therefore, pan-determinism all mixed up in it all at one fell swoop. -Training Duplication (24 Jan. 62)