Thesaurus / deathblow
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This fearful war was a deathblow to your father's sanguine hopes of making a rapid fortune.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKThe story to which two little words, yes or no, ends so ecstatically, or gives the deathblow.
A CHANGED HEARTMAY AGNES FLEMINGIn the long reign of his son Manasseh later writers saw the deathblow to the Judaean kingdom.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 15, SLICE 4VARIOUSThis was practically the deathblow to the Anglo-Castilian marriage.
MARY TUDOR, QUEEN OF FRANCEMARY CROOM BROWNTwo days later, he gave to the country the expressive phrase "contraband of war," which proved the deathblow of American slavery.
THE BAY STATE MONTHLY, VOLUME I. NO. VI. JUNE, 1884VARIOUSThis last was a clincher and the obscurantic antisalts received the deathblow they richly deserved.
GREENER THAN YOU THINKWARD MOOREBut it was the introduction and general employment of lightning-rods that dealt a final deathblow to the thunderbolt theory.
FALLING IN LOVEGRANT ALLENGuy went out to meet him and after a fearful encounter was able to deal a deathblow with his battle-axe behind the beast's ear.
YOUNG FOLKS TREASURY, VOLUME 2 (OF 12)VARIOUSBut even in his dying struggles the boar would have killed her, had not Meleager come to her rescue and given him his deathblow.
MYTHS OF GREECE AND ROMEH. A. GUERBERThe mournful accident already alluded to had affected his health, and he now received his deathblow.
NOTES OF A TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' SERVICE IN THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORYJOHN M'LEANWORDS RELATED TO DEATHBLOW
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