All deathblow synonyms

noun deathblow

• culmination — Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
• closer — someone or something that closes
• finisher — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• body blow — A body blow is something that causes great disappointment and difficulty to someone who is trying to achieve something.
• last straw — the last of a succession of irritations, incidents, remarks, etc., that leads to a loss of patience, a disaster, etc.: He has been late before, but this is the last straw.
• destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
• capper — a person or device that caps something or makes caps
• finishing touch — a final additional or detail that completes and perfects something
• coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
• 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.
• mercy stroke — coup de grâce.
• coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
• tiebreaker — a system for breaking a tie score at the end of regulation play by establishing a winner through special additional play, usually of a fairly short duration, as in tennis and soccer.
• apocalypse — The apocalypse is the total destruction and end of the world.
• bane — The bane of someone or the bane of someone's life is something that frequently makes them feel unhappy or annoyed.
• doom — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
• fate — something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.
• cutoff — A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
• death knell — something that heralds death or destruction