Crossword-Solution: DEATHBLOW
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Deathblow | n. | A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “DEATHBLOW”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Russell Crowe delivery to Joaquin Phoenix, in "Gladiator" (2,6) | 1 answer |
| thing or event that destroys hope | 1 answer |
| Final shot | 2 answers |
| homicide | 16 answers |
| execution | 23 answers |
| Knockout | 76 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TRAEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DEATHBLOW (5)
With this spectacular demonstration he administered the deathblow to all plans for high power ultra-long-wavelength transmitters, and from then on the commercial companies concentrated their efforts on developing equipment for international communications on the short waves.
Said Thorkel, “The sword ye have, Bersi, is longer than lawful.” “That shall not be,” cried Bersi; and took up his other sword, Whitting, two-handed, and smote Thorkel his deathblow.
Our hopes had received such a deathblow that the gradually increasing heat seemed to our distorted imaginations much greater than it really was.
Kari caught the blow sideways on his shield, and the sword would not bite; then Kari thrust at Lambi with his sword just below the breast, so that the point came out between his shoulders, and that was his deathblow.
Josephine sat down on the stairs in gloomy silence, her eyes on the ground, like one waiting for her deathblow.
Quotes with DEATHBLOW (1)
Who gave the decisive deathblow to the argument from design on the basis of biological complexity? Both philosophers and biologists are divided on this point (Oppy 1996; Dawkins 1986; Sober 2008). Some have claimed that the biological design argument did not falter until Darwin provided a proper naturalistic explanation for adaptive complexity; others maintain that David Hume had already shattered the argument to pieces by sheer logical force several decades earlier, in his D…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NY Sun, WSJ.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2006–2021).