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noun
- 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.
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.
Definition of death blow noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the noun death blow mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun death blow . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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.
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.
