All coup de grace synonyms
coup de grace
C c noun coup de grace
- blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- clincher — A clincher is a fact or argument that finally proves something, settles a dispute, or helps someone achieve a victory.
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- knockout — Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.
- quietus — a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles: Having given a quietus to the argument, she left.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- mercy stroke — coup de grâce.