a coup de grâce

a coup de grace

(formal)

an action or event which ends or destroys something that is gradually becoming worse Jane's affair delivered the coup de grace to her failing marriage.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ffraid	-	Welsh
Anshel	-	Yiddish
Ansobert	-	Ancient Germanic
Rosanne	ro-ZAN (English), ro-ZAHN-nə (Dutch)	English, Dutch
Gerry	['geri]
ÒScar	-	Catalan