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deathblow

[ deth-bloh ]

noun

  1. a blow causing death.


deathblow

/ ˈɛθˌəʊ /

noun

  1. a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deathblow1

First recorded in 1785–95; death + blow 1
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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.

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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.

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The Wildlife Trusts said the decision was a "deathblow" for wildlife.

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At the last moment, Rathbone raised his arm to protect himself from what was intended to be a deathblow.

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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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