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deathblow
noun as in blow of mercy
Weak matches
noun as in clincher
Strong matches
noun as in coup de grâce
noun as in death warrant
noun as in kiss of death
Weak matches
noun as in sudden death
Example Sentences
He served in senior European-affairs posts under both the Clinton and Obama administrations and more recently accused Trump of inflicting a “deathblow” on the U.S. alliance with NATO.
An overhead shot shows us the lad preparing to strike the deathblow from a point of view that feels a million miles away, less a bird’s-eye view than a god’s.
The Wildlife Trusts said the decision was a "deathblow" for wildlife.
At the last moment, Rathbone raised his arm to protect himself from what was intended to be a deathblow.
Wagstaff, the curator, was maybe registering something important when he worried that Warhol’s painted soup cans might deliver a deathblow to established notions of painting.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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