fell stroke
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And then – boom! – with one fell stroke of an adapter’s arbitrariness, Mr. Kelly altered the play’s ending in a way that crudely shrinks and simplifies its intentions.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2010
It was not in the way of things that he, who had always had everything, should at one fell stroke be left desolate.
From Old Rose and Silver by Myrtle Reed
By one fell stroke the might of Persia has been laid low at Salamis.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle
At this rate, you could efface the whole Decalogue and at one fell stroke destroy all laws, human and divine.
From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by John H. (John Henry) Stapleton
The bank broke, and in one fell stroke he lost all the savings of a life.
From A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade
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