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- 1. a stroke with a hand or weapon that causes death.
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The meaning of DEATH BLOW is a forcible stroke that kills a living thing : an act that ends the life of a person or animal. How to use death blow in a sentence.
noun. a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly. They were waiting for a death blow that never came. The deportations would be a death blow to the peace process. This decision is a death blow to the Argentine economy. The people of Hatfield went into shock as they learned their town had been dealt a death blow.
Definition of death blow noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DEATH BLOW meaning: 1 : an act that kills a person or animal; 2 : an act or event that causes the end of something.
If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
Definitions of deathblow. noun. the blow that kills (usually mercifully) synonyms: coup de grace. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Deathblow." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/deathblow. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ˈdeath blow noun [ singular] an action or event that makes something fail or end → death knell His decision to leave the show has delivered a death blow to the series. Examples from the Corpus death blow • Neither, however, will be a death blow.
