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coup de grâce definition

coup de grâce (ko̵̅o̅′də gräs′)

  1. the blow, shot, etc. that brings death to a sufferer; death blow
  2. a finishing stroke

Etymology: Fr, lit., stroke of mercy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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