Deathblow Definition

Deathblow Sentence Examples

• As it was, his refusal to play this part gave the deathblow to the parliament and to all hope of the immediate creation of a united Germany.

• In other words, Ney had merely to hold Wellington with part of the French left wing all day, and detach the remainder of his force to co-operate in the deathblow at Ligny.

• The conclusion in 1838 of a commercial treaty with Turkey, negotiated by Sir Henry Bulwer (Lord Dalling), struck a deathblow to the system of monopolies, though the application of the treaty to Egypt was delayed for some years.

• His example and his death acted like an inspiration, filling Africa with an army of explorers and missionaries, and raising in Europe so powerful a feeling against the slave trade that through him it may be considered as having received its deathblow.

• The defection of his favorite son John gave Henry his deathblow, and Philip Augustus found himself confronted by a new Phil!