| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finishing blow |
| Synonyms: | blow, clincher, comeuppance, deathblow, defeat, final blow, final stroke, kill, knockout, mercy stroke, mortal blow, quietus |
| Main Entry: | ending |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion |
| Synonyms: | catastrophe, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, consummation, coup de grace, culmination, denouement, desistance, dissolution, epilogue, expiration, finale, finish, lapse, omega, outcome, period, resolution, stop, summation, swan song, termination, terminus, upshot, wane, windup |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, introduction, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | knockout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a blow that knocks unconscious |
| Synonyms: | KO, TKO, blow, cold pack, coup de grace, final blow, finishing blow, hearts and flowers, kayo, knockout blow, technical knockout |
| Main Entry: | blow of mercy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mortal blow |
| Synonyms: | coup de grace, deathblow, decisive stroke, finishing blow |
| Main Entry: | kiss of death |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finishing stroke |
| Synonyms: | clincher, coup de grace, deathblow, end-all, knockout, mortal blow |
| Main Entry: | quietus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | clincher, coup de grace, final blow, overcoming, overthrow |
| Main Entry: | death warrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal order to execute someone |
| Synonyms: | apocalypse, bane, coup de grace, cutoff, death knell, deathblow, doom, end of the world, end point, fate, final blow, quietus |