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Recent Examples of deathblow
Leading 20-10, a run of five consecutive baskets on five possessions delivered a death blow to Sage Hill’s hopes.
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Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
And even more importantly, the return of Trump could send Russia’s economy off the cliff, and Trump’s return could deal the death blow to the teetering Putin regime.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
That, from now on, the spectacular imbalance of cinema’s means deals a death blow to the product that comes out of it.
—Marguerite Duras, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
Cinema stops the written in its tracks and deals a death blow to its descendent: the imaginary.
—Marguerite Duras, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
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Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
And even more importantly, the return of Trump could send Russia’s economy off the cliff, and Trump’s return could deal the death blow to the teetering Putin regime.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
That, from now on, the spectacular imbalance of cinema’s means deals a death blow to the product that comes out of it.
—Marguerite Duras, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
Cinema stops the written in its tracks and deals a death blow to its descendent: the imaginary.
—Marguerite Duras, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathblow
Noun
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In a region vulnerable to hurricanes and other calamities made worse by a warming climate, reducing the damage would help ease suffering.—
Christopher Flavelle,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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They were also meant to come to the rescue with their largesse in the case of a public crisis or calamity.—
Brian Klaas,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Her knockout performance carries The Substance, propelled by visceral desperation, rage and cruel suffering.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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This Group B game features two teams that lost their first match of this competition and are now in dire need of a win to keep pace with South Africa and Australia in the battle to make the knockout stage.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The scope of the disaster grew clear as the orchestra began to reconnect.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Weegee’s pictures of disaster, crime, and urban blight not only grabbed viewers’ attention but highlighted the ways in which passive spectatorship had come to dominate our lives as citizens.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2025
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The coup de grace for Mansour, first reported in the Chicago Sun-Times, came in November.—
John Lippert,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Losing Syria, the only other nation-state in the axis other than Iran, may be the coup de grace.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Ahead of the tragedy, Caribbean leaders met with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to discuss the future of the mission amid its uncertain funding.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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The cause of the maritime tragedy remains under investigation.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Tatis collected three hits in the clincher, two home runs in the Padres’ Game 2 win over the Dodgers in the NLDS in Los Angeles and another blast in the second inning of the Padres’ Game 3 win at Petco Park.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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The clincher comes when Ricky steals his brother’s car, driving it without a license and insurance, and, after building to an almost unbearable level of tension, the story takes a shocking and quite unexpectedly violent turn.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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Throughout 150 years of boosterism, through our latest cataclysm of fires, the palm tree image makes visual geolocation instant and easy.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Over the last several decades, various types of natural disasters have wreaked havoc around the U.S., but which cataclysms have cost the most?—
Alex Nitzberg,
Fox News,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Deathblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathblow. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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