a death blow

an action or an event which causes something to end or fail (usually + to ) This renewed outbreak of fighting has been seen as a death blow to any chance for peace. The scandal dealt a death blow to (= ended) his political ambitions.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Allochka	-	Russian
Yong	[jʌŋ]
Spyridoula	-	Greek
Colin	['kɔlin]
Ingmar	ING-mahr	Swedish
Bohuslava	bo-hoo-SLAH-vah (Ukrainian)	Czech, Ukrainian