deathblow
/ˈdɛθˌbloʊ/
noun
- An action or event that causes the end or failure of something.
- Losing the star player was a deathblow to the team's championship hopes.
- The new technology was a deathblow to the old manufacturing industry.
- The scandal dealt a deathblow to his political career.
- A blow that kills someone or something.
- The knight delivered the deathblow with his sword.
- In the final scene, the hero strikes the deathblow against the villain.
- The hunter aimed carefully to ensure a quick deathblow.