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
Navdeep	-	Indian (Sikh)
Prosper	pro-SPER (French), PRAHS-pər (English)	French, English
Patricija	-	Slovene, Croatian
SafİYe	-	Turkish
Wilmot	-	Medieval English
Charissa	kə-RIS-ə	English