DEATH BLOW Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

deathblow

noun

Definition of deathblow

as in confutation

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Recent Examples of deathblow So why shouldn’t Trump exploit that fragility to land a death blow against a murderous adversary? — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 And in January the administration delivered a death blow to a program that was meant to deploy backup solar and storage systems at hospitals and at 30,000 homes of rural, low-income and medically vulnerable people, according to Latitude Media. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2026 In September, those plans were dealt a death blow when the city council approved amending the municipal zoning code to prohibit timesharing in single-family homes. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2025 In the view of the movie theater industry trade association Cinema United, the deal — which is still pending regulatory approval and would not go into effect until Q3 next year — represents a death blow to multiplexes. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deathblow

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Noun

Nominalism and positivism have deluged the world with vast quantities of little-read scholarship whose underlying rationale is often the confutation of the very possibility of the larger-scale intelligibility of the world.

— M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 20 Feb. 2022

Definition of confutation

Noun

The top four advance directly to the quarterfinals and the clubs finishing between fifth and 12th compete in knockout phase playoffs in February.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
The new track fuses Scott’s trap foundation with Homem-Christo’s cinematic electronic soundscape, making for what’s sure to be a knockout background song for the beloved game.

— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of knockout

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Los Angeles County officials aim to break ground on the new Eaton Canyon Nature Center before 2028, with plans to construct a facility that can withstand the region’s changing climate and future disasters.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
The Challenger disaster was of course the 1986 explosion of NASA’s eponymous space shuttle shortly after launch, which left all seven crew members dead.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of disaster

Noun

Qatar did the same for reckless driving two years ago, feeding a Toyota Supra into a car crusher after its driver was filmed doing donuts on a highway.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Hundreds of Denver comics also performed there, with nationally touring acts such as Ben Roy and Andrew Orvedahl (Cayton-Holland’s Grawlix partners) and crushers such as Josh Blue, Janae Burris, Troy Walker, and Christie Buchele.

— John Wenzel, Denver Post, 16 July 2026

Definition of crusher

Noun

Wrightwood residents are used to pulling together to face catastrophe.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Beginning after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and continuing to this day, smaller companies sprang up and took on big roles here, as national insurers pulled back rather than risk the financial catastrophe of another huge, damaging tropical system.

— Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of catastrophe

Noun

Bregman had played in 153 of the Cubs’ 156 games before missing Tuesday’s loss to the Marlins, which denied the Cubs the clincher.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Tampa Bay took the AL East for the first time since 2021 and surpassed that team by three days with the earliest division clincher in team history.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026

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