deathblow
Example Sentences
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And neither reason for gold’s decline during the crisis deals a deathblow to its reputation as a useful risk hedge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The Wildlife Trusts said the decision was a "deathblow" for wildlife.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
Or that Nike’s closure isn’t a deathblow, just as Banana Republic, Gap and Macy’s departing didn’t end retail downtown.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
The Americans retreated to Manhattan and then to northern New Jersey, where Howe followed and defeated them whenever he made contact, but they always slipped away before suffering a deathblow.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Although Cavalier failed in carrying the treaty into effect, so far as he was concerned, his secession at this juncture proved a deathblow to the insurrection.
From The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles
