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
Dante	DAHN-te	Italian
Vilmos	VEEL-mosh	Hungarian
ÅGot	-	Norwegian
Katelijn	kah-tə-LIEN	Dutch
Hjalmar	YAHL-mahr (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Durai	-	Tamil