a death blow

an action or an event which causes something to end or fail (usually + to ) This renewed outbreak of fighting has been seen as a death blow to any chance for peace. The scandal dealt a death blow to (= ended) his political ambitions.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Landebert	-	Ancient Germanic
Hooda	-	Arabic
Agnieszka	ahg-NYESH-kah	Polish
Taylan	-	Turkish
Clovis	KLO-vis (English), klo-VEES (French)	Ancient Germanic (Latinized), French
Despoina	-	Greek Mythology, Greek