at one blow
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From The Verge ● Jul. 4, 2022
He admitted that his own discovery, Planck’s constant h, a fundamental constant describing the quantum of energy, “destroyed this hope at one blow and for good.”
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2015
Thus, at one blow, were all the safety appliances of this magnificent ship set at naught!
From Scientific American ● Apr. 11, 2012
This cracked at one blow the freight rate structure, which has influenced the economic distribution of industries, and set up a new structure which may make some of the existing distribution uneconomic.
From Time Magazine Archive
When prayers were said and all the grain was scattered great-hearted Thrasymedes in a flash swung the axe, at one blow cutting through the neck tendons.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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