Deathblow

/ˈdɛθbləʊ/

Synonyms for "deathblow" (74 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

Noun(3 words)
coup de gracecrushing defeatdecisive setback

Strong matches (22)

Noun(3 words)
devastating rebuttalfatal blowfinal blow

Related words (37)

Noun(3 words)
irrefutable evidencekilling blowlethal strike

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
argument tacticblowdefeatkillkillingputting to deathrhetorical devicesetbackstrikeviolent act

More specific

8 entries
career-ending blowdevastating rebuttalfatal blowirrefutable evidencekilling blowlethal strikemarket collapseorganizational collapse

Collocations

6 entries
economic deathblowfatal deathblowfinancial deathblowmassive deathblowmilitary deathblowpolitical deathblow

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It proved to be the deathblow to their plan.

Source: tatoeba (42162)

He was also there at that fight when Hygelac folded under his deathblow.

Source: wiktionary

Together we will finally strike a deathblow against the corrupt, bloated creature that is the so-called Republic.

Source: wiktionary

The opening of the bridge dealt a deathblow to the ferry.

Source: wiktionary

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