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Definition of Deathblow
1. Noun. The blow that kills (usually mercifully).
Definition of Deathblow
1. n. A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.
Definition of Deathblow
1. Noun. A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace ¹
2. Noun. Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deathblow
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deathblow
Literary usage of Deathblow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Extracts from a Journal by W[illiam] J[ohn Monson] Monson (1820)
"republic, until in 1456 it received a deathblow by the removal of the patriarchal
government to the rival city ..."
2. Revelations of Hungary; or, Leaves from the diary of an Austrian officer who by Ottokar Procházka, Leopoldine Henrika Procházka, Prochazka (1851)
"... Relief of Temeswar—A deathblow to the Insurgents —Kossuth resigns. ST.
Miklos is a very neat little town on the banks of the Maros, and the inhabitants, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1879)
"These cases negative the " deathblow " doctrine, which would have got rid of the
necessity for abandonment under certain circumstances, and they firmly ..."
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