deathblow
[deth-bloh]
Origin of deathblow
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Examples from the Web for deathblow
Contemporary Examples
The soldier implored Usama for amnesty just as Usama prepared to deliver the deathblow.
Taken together, this legal wrangling could be a deathblow to the company that once ruled the Internet.
Historical Examples
Unfortunately that proved the deathblow of the old Agricultural Society.
Adventures and RecollectionsBill o'th' Hoylus End
Then after he had stopped the speed of his skees, he turned back and gave him his deathblow.
The Land of the Long NightPaul du Chaillu
That was a deathblow to French settlements in the middle west.
Heroes of the Middle WestMary Hartwell Catherwood
That their destruction was believed to be a deathblow is evident from Thucydides.
Historical Parallels, vol 3 (of 3)Arthur Thomas Malkin
This was practically the deathblow to the Anglo-Castilian marriage.
Mary Tudor, Queen of FranceMary Croom Brown
deathblow
- a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
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