death blow

death blow (plural death blows)

1. Alternative form of deathblow
   • 2021 January 13, Andrew Weaver, “Customer engagement”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 29:

     Despite the bleak outlook for rail, the ongoing pandemic will not be the death blow for rail transport across the UK.

• “death blow”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.