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
Pemphero	pem-PAY-ro	Southern African, Chewa
Adolph	['ædɔlf]
Whitfield	['hwitfi:ld]
Thanh	TUNG, TUN	Vietnamese
Nelu	-	Romanian
Ahenobarbus	-	Ancient Roman