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
Among recent U.S. art robberies, most sensational was the Brooklyn Museum's loss of ten old masters at one blow, in 1933.
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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