Deathblow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A stroke or blow that causes death.
  • n. A destructive event or occurrence: dealt a deathblow to our hopes.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace
  • n. Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A blow causing death; a mortal blow.
  • n. Figuratively, something which destroys, extinguishes, or blights.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    putting to death    kill    killing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    another nail in one's coffin   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    snub    abolishment    guiltiness    unlawfulness    souled   
     
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