decisive stroke
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The last one came from a delicate chip out of a hole in the rough to 3 feet that wound up being the decisive stroke in the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2012
Or was he aiming at Berlin's encirclement or seizure as a swift, possibly decisive stroke?
From Time Magazine Archive
From here the Red Army made a decisive stroke at the enemy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He does not smoke or chew tobacco, and he eats the meat only of an animal that has been slain with one decisive stroke.
From Time Magazine Archive
By 11 a.m. on the 9th Von Kluck's army was ordered to retreat, thus exposing Von Buelow's right, and giving Foch his opportunity for the decisive stroke of the battle.
From A Short History of the Great War by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
