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ˈdeath-blow
A blow that causes death.
1795Southey Joan of Arc vii. 135 For the death-blow prepared. c1813Mrs. Sherwood Stories Ch. Catech. xiv. 118 It was her death-blow—down she dropped, and never spoke after. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xxxii. 302 Never to receive the death-blow but with joy.
fig.1811Byron Lines written beneath Picture, The death-blow of my Hope. 1838Thirlwall Greece V. 103 That event..was generally considered as a death-blow to the Spartan power. |