deal a death blow

deal something a death blow

to take an action that causes something to end or fail New attacks dealt a death blow to the peace talks.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oded	-	Biblical
Bettino	bet-TEE-no	Italian
Inez	['i:nez]
Derrick	DER-ik	English
Daria	DAHR-yah (Italian, Polish, Romanian), DAHR-ee-ə (English), DER-ee-ə (English), DAR-ee-ə (English)	Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Croatian, Late Greek (Latinized)
Sujay	-	Bengali, Indian, Marathi