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coup de grace

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Simpson slumped around for a bit, and then, in an awkward coup de grace, proceeded to dance what she later called a "hoe-down."

Refreshed by this coup de grace on the woman he had never forgiven, he hurried chastened and cheerful to Sheila.

We may have to administer the "coup-de-grace" with our hand-bayonets.

How was I going to secure my victim before giving the coup de grace?

They had remained standing motionless in a very nonchalant way, waiting for the signal of the coup de grace.

But before a jury was empanelled the November ballot gave the Prosecution its "coup de grace."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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