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
EliinaE-lee:-nahFinnish
Serik-Kazakh
Mateus-Portuguese
Val[væl]
Rey[rei]
Miksa-Hungarian