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mortal blow
noun as in coup de grâce
noun as in kiss of death
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"Bretagne, Languedoc, in fact the whole kingdom is in league to deal us a mortal blow," said the cardinal.
My muscles, after so much tension, relaxed as if I had received some sudden and mortal blow, and I fell into a great tremble.
Under the reign of those two kings happened the mortal blow, which subverted the very foundation of their constitution.
If the man is armed cut him down, but do not give a mortal blow if it can be helped.
See it to be a lie, and you have already dealt it its mortal blow.
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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mortal blow, such as: blow, clincher, comeuppance, deathblow, defeat, and final blow.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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