'Deathblow' definitions:
Definition of 'deathblow'
(from WordNet)
noun
The blow that kills (usually mercifully) [syn: deathblow, coup de grace]
Definition of 'Deathblow'
From: GCIDE
- Deathblow \Death"blow`\, n. A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. [1913 Webster]
- The deathblow of my hope. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deathblow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bane,
- beating,
- clincher,
- collapse,
- conquering,
- conquest,
- crash,
- crusher,
- death,
- death knell,
- death stroke,
- debacle,
- defeat,
- destruction,
- doom,
- downfall,
- drubbing,
- early death,
- early grave,
- end,
- end-all,
- ender,
- failure,
- fall,
- fate,
- final stroke,
- finisher,
- finishing stroke,
- hiding,
- kayo,
- kayo punch,
- knockout,
- knockout blow,
- KO,
- lambasting,
- last dab,
- lathering,
- lethal blow,
- licking,
- mastery,
- overcoming,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- quietus,
- ruin,
- settler,
- smash,
- sockdolager,
- stopper,
- stroke of death,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- subjugation,
- sudden death,
- thrashing,
- trimming,
- trouncing,
- undoing,
- untimely end,
- vanquishment,
- Waterloo,
- whipping