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Recent Examples of deathblow
The Wolves even fell in the same number of games, with a similar blowout defeat in Game 5 serving as the death blow.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 2 June 2025
Now, Wild fans must hope that Barbashev’s goal, which evened this best-of-seven first-round series and turned it into a best-of-three, wasn’t the turning point toward the latest Wild playoff death blow.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
The flip side to that is that an upset loss to either would be a death blow.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2025
From beef-ending Drake diss song to Record of the Year: Kendrick Lamar’s anthem, the death blow in a summer-long musical feud with his Canadian counterpart, won the rapper his first Record of the Year award at the 2025 Grammys.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2025
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 2 June 2025
Now, Wild fans must hope that Barbashev’s goal, which evened this best-of-seven first-round series and turned it into a best-of-three, wasn’t the turning point toward the latest Wild playoff death blow.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
The flip side to that is that an upset loss to either would be a death blow.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2025
From beef-ending Drake diss song to Record of the Year: Kendrick Lamar’s anthem, the death blow in a summer-long musical feud with his Canadian counterpart, won the rapper his first Record of the Year award at the 2025 Grammys.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathblow
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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
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And Talanoa Hufanga continued to fly around like a calamity let loose from Pandora's box, adding a key third-down pass-breakup on the Jets' final offensive drive.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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In the wake of that calamity, the Sharks overhauled their defense corps and goaltending and brought in some new faces up front.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My first day on the Arizona National Scenic Trail started with a near-knockout punch of a climb.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Previously, it had only been used in the knockout rounds, and the technology has been put to work.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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For people like Wasefi, with sisters and nieces back home, no amount of tourist-friendliness can compensate for this disaster.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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The October 10 disaster killed 16 employees at Accurate Energetic Systems, which makes military and demolition explosives about 60 miles west of Nashville.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The coup de grace came when fans pointed out that the Audio-Animatronic of Walt looks uncannily like Mike Lindell, staunch supporter of President Donald Trump and chief executive of pillow manufacturing company My Pillow.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Israel softened up the target; America delivered the coup de grace.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 July 2025
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Denver Post Broncos beat reporters Parker Gabriel and Luca Evans break down Denver’s second straight walk-off loss, a 23-20 crusher at the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Cena evened the score at 2-2 by countering the calf crusher into an AA.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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But tragedies like these also reflect the vulnerability of this refugee population – with the overall reduction in support causing a cascade effect for those already living on a knife edge of survival.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Mistakes, misfortunes, even tragedy, toxic secrets from the past—anything can happen, or may have happened.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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Washington took Game 1, the first of three — including Pittsburgh’s clincher — that went to overtime.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Edwards went 5 for 7 on mid-range attempts in Portland, with the fifth make serving as the game clincher.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Deathblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathblow. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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