to end all
idiom
: being the final or ultimate version of something because nothing else comparable could follow
The company claims that its new product will be a/the computer to end all computers.
World War I was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
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Between the lines: Seattle was among the first cities to embrace Vision Zero, a plan to end all traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030.
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Christine Clarridge, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
And to make things worse – a geologically improbable volcano threatens to end all life in Fresno, California.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Local News News Advocates have long called on the county to end all transfers of inmates to immigration enforcement.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2025
In 2022, however, three environmental organizations — the Resource Renewal Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity and Western Watersheds — sued the National Park Service in an effort to end all agricultural activities in the park.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Christine Clarridge, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
And to make things worse – a geologically improbable volcano threatens to end all life in Fresno, California.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Local News News Advocates have long called on the county to end all transfers of inmates to immigration enforcement.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2025
In 2022, however, three environmental organizations — the Resource Renewal Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity and Western Watersheds — sued the National Park Service in an effort to end all agricultural activities in the park.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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“To end all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20end%20all. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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