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.
See also: coup, DE, grace

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lakeishalə-KEE-shəAfrican American
AurÉLieo-re-LEEFrench
Gilad-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
GerÓNimo-Spanish
Widya-Indonesian
Faiz-Arabic