deathblows

noun

plural of deathblow
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as in confutations

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as in calamities

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  1. calamities
  2. disasters
  3. tragedies
  4. catastrophes
  5. casualties
  6. accidents
  7. cataclysms
  8. croppers
Noun
  • At the heart of the celebration is Kyoto’s Yasaka Shrine, a Shinto site whose principal deity has long been revered as a protector against calamities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • El Niño, which brings a potpourri of weather calamities, is the world's most significant climate pattern, costing the global economy trillions of dollars per year, according to a recent study.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of calamities
Noun
  • Polymarket says its platform is a valuable source of information during disasters.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Leo had been to hundreds of disasters, mounting life saving operations in earthquakes, floods, landslides.
    — Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of disasters
Noun
  • The mother, identified only as Barbara, shared her story exclusively with CBS News Miami to highlight the recent rise in similar tragedies in South Florida.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • The organization also encouraged anyone affected by the tragedies to seek support through the British Eventing Support Trust Helpline and asked that the families’ privacy be respected during this difficult time.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Definition of tragedies
Noun
  • Prominent voices fear that the end result of the transformative technology is a job bloodbath and national security catastrophes, while others believe a new era of productivity is ready to be unlocked, with society living longer and healthier lives.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • Healthcare registers the effects of climate catastrophes, ecosystem failures and food shortages that also fuel political and social crises.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of catastrophes
Noun
  • That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties.
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • That criticism echoed complaints from soldiers and veterans over heavy casualties in costly front-line assaults.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of casualties
Noun
  • Overall, Americans say road accidents pose the biggest threat to their safety, followed by crime and violence.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
  • Porro said many of the accidents involving e-bikes in the city were preventable.
    — Nikiya Carrero, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of accidents
Noun
  • These include supernovae and other cataclysms, such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), some of which arise from colliding black holes or neutron stars and are among the most powerful explosions in the universe.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • These cataclysms locked inside the Delaware Basin more than 46 billion barrels of technically recoverable crude oil, and 281 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of cataclysms
Noun
  • More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China.
    — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Definition of croppers
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