Associations to the word «Deathblow»

Wiktionary

DEATHBLOW, noun. A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace
DEATHBLOW, noun. Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc

Dictionary definition

DEATHBLOW, noun. The blow that kills (usually mercifully).

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.