Deathblow

//ˈdɛθbləʊ//

Synonyms for "deathblow" (68 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

another nail in one's coffin bane beating clincher collapse conquering conquest crash crusher death death knell death stroke

Noun(2 words)

another nail in one's coffin coup de grace

Strong matches (20)

debacle defeat destruction doom downfall drubbing early death early grave end end all end-all ender equalizer failure fall fate final stroke finisher finishing stroke hiding

Related words (34)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries

kill killing putting to death

Synonyms

1 entries

another nail in one's coffin

derived from

2 entries

blow death

is a

1 entries

killing

related to

10 entries

blow completion coup de grace death existence fatal prevent project setback strike

Translations

16 translations across 10 languages.

Finnish

4 entries

armonisku noun (strike or blow)
armonisku noun (something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc)
kuolinisku noun (strike or blow)
kuolinisku noun (something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc)

French

3 entries

coup de grâce noun (strike or blow)
coup m fatal noun (strike or blow)
coup m fatal noun (something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc)

German

2 entries

Todesstoß noun (strike or blow)
Todesstoß noun (something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

banehugg noun (strike or blow)

Old English

1 entries

dēaþsleġe noun (strike or blow)

Polish

1 entries

śmiertelny cios noun (strike or blow)

Russian

1 entries

смерте́льный уда́р noun (strike or blow)

Spanish

1 entries

estocada noun (something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc)

Swahili

1 entries

pigo la kifo noun (strike or blow)

Swedish

1 entries

dödsstöt noun (something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc)

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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