DEATHBLOW 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 latest findings indicated the vest could reduce an astronaut’s radiation dose by about 60% in a solar storm as fierce as the one in 1972 and by nearly 40% in a calamity mirroring 1989.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
What followed was a season of extended power outages, blue-tarped roofs and yet a strange sense of community, as neighbors went out of their way to look after those that had shared in their calamity.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of calamity

Noun

While a knockout voice is one way to capture an audience’s attention, a splash of sequins and a killer stiletto helped stick the landing.

— Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Flynn delivers a knockout twist midway through this thriller about a picture-perfect young woman who has presumably been killed by her handsome husband.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of knockout

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The baby’s father, Andres Garcia, survived the boat disaster, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told CNN.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Rescuers continued recovering bodies from the artisanal mining site in Zamboye, near the border with Cameroon, but local workers said the response lacked the equipment and expertise needed for a disaster of such scale.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of disaster

Noun

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
Adventure bikes have ballooned into 600-pound continent crushers.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026

Definition of crusher

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Massive crude stockpiles before the war helped prevent catastrophe when supply dried up.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
As the summer of 2001 wears on through the lens of Kopple’s camera, our knowledge of the coming catastrophe casts a shadow over the proceedings.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of catastrophe

Noun

After the 2-1 win Saturday over the Bandits, whom the Talons also faced in last year’s championship victory, 2026 Pitcher of the Year and league strikeout leader Montana Fouts fanned four batters in a 6-1 complete-game clincher on Sunday.

— Molly Keshin, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Adding to Rezaeian’s agony, right before the final whistle another potential clincher, a header from Khalilzadeh, hit the crossbar.

— Sean Gregory, Time, 28 June 2026

Definition of clincher

Noun

At first, its plea to remain somewhere in an old lover’s life can feel like the whole tragedy.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
Boeing has admitted fault in these tragedies, attributing the cause of the crashes to a flawed Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

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