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Recent Examples of deathblow
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.
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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
This is not going to be a death blow to the president.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Decay, the weather, ownership changes, cultural shifts, funding nightmares or a deadly virus couldn't strike the death blow.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 18 May 2025
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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
This is not going to be a death blow to the president.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Decay, the weather, ownership changes, cultural shifts, funding nightmares or a deadly virus couldn't strike the death blow.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 18 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for deathblow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathblow
Noun
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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
Noun
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In fact, the much-ballyhooed calamity — millions of Americans forced to go without health insurance coverage — never took place.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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In fact, the much-ballyhooed calamity — millions of Americans forced to go without health insurance coverage — never took place.—
Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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Both teams have looked impressive in the knockout stages of the competition, with Bayern seeing off Real Madrid and PSG cruising past Chelsea in the previous round.—
The Athletic Live Team,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Brookside is back to making an impact on TNA again and is sure to be in line for the knockouts title down the line.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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While stationed in Japan, Fryday helped coordinate disaster relief efforts after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In year three, there were still injuries, and the team was a disaster.—
David Troy,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The company wants to be allowed to use a commercial crusher to process the rock on site, but says it wouldn’t be done frequently.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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The rock crusher itself appeared to be a mobile unit, not a permanent one.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Jan. 2026
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Game 5, a potential clincher for the Ducks, is in Edmonton on Tuesday.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
27 Apr. 2026
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The second man advantage of the second overtime was the clincher for the Stars, who led after the first period, trailed after the second period, tied it in the third and in the end found a way to rally.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Are those the exact services a family needs and can rely on to avoid tragedy?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The investigation falls amid a variety of other probes into the tragedy at Camp Mystic, including as part of lawsuits filed by families against the camp’s leaders.—
Ashley Killough,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Every play in the Century Cycle has its roots in the cataclysm of enslavement, but Joe Turner takes place with Reconstruction still close in the rearview.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Only a species suffering from terminal main character syndrome would, when describing intimately human experiences like love, reach for the language of global cataclysm.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Deathblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathblow. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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