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• strike from the side

Definitions from Wiktionary

• a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)

• Sideswipe: Sideswipe may also refer to: Sideswipe (trick), a tricking move. Sideswipe (Transformers), a character from the Transformers franchise ...
• Sideswipe (Transformers): Sideswipe is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes . Because of trademark restrictions, toys of the character are ...
• Sideswipe (trick): The Sideswipe is a more advanced tricking move and is sometimes called a "slant 540" or a "540 slant". While the concept is very similar ...
• Sideswipe (Gladiators): Sideswipe is an event played in the 2008 American revival of the television series Gladiators . In this event, a contender must cross ...

• Fallout from huge solar flare to sideswipe Earth
  By Mike WallSpace.comA huge explosion on the sun will deal Earth a glancing blow Friday but should not pose a threat to the planet, scientists say.The sun storm erupted late Tuesday during a powerful solar flare — the fourth unleashed by a single sunspot in just 48 hours — and hurled a massive cloud of charged particles out into space at millions of miles an h Read more on this news related to 'Sideswipe'
• Brillantes slams Namfrel over public sideswipe
  We did tell you so. Despite Sixto Brillantes’ assuranc... Read more on this news related to 'Sideswipe'
• Woman, 22, dies in fiery crash
  A Miami woman was killed Monday evening after an alcohol-fueled fender bender, sideswipe and then a fiery head-on collision, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Kristine Marie Rivera, 22, was... read more Read more on this news related to 'Sideswipe'