death-blow in English

noun
1
an impact or stroke that causes death.
In the final battle in Cornwall he is slain by Arthur but deals the king his death blow .
noun
    coup de grace

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1. Andrel Anthony was supposed to be a death blow to Michigan State

2. 27 A: the wars of the roses dealt a death blow to feudalism in england.

3. Was it however so paradoxical as to have dealt a death blow to the theory?

4. Though the death blow may be delivered by frost, acid mist or disease, it is ozone that makes the trees vulnerable.”

5. Not wanting to let a "serious crisis go to waste, " in the words of Obama aide Rahm Emanuel, Democrats might swoop in and deliver the death blow to US taxpayers -- a European-style value-added tax.

6. 25 Not wanting to let a "serious crisis go to waste, " in the words of Obama aide Rahm Emanuel, Democrats might swoop in and deliver the death blow to US taxpayers -- a European-style value-added tax.