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
Noburu	no-boo-ṙoo	Japanese
Alphonzo	al-FAHN-zo	English (Rare)
Bagrat	-	Armenian, Georgian (Rare)
Timo (3)	-	Ancient Greek
Patricius	-	Late Roman
Mihails	-	Latvian