| Main Entry: | clincher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settling event |
Synonyms: |
capper, closer, coup de grâce, crowning blow, culmination, deathblow, deciding moment, finisher, finishing touch |
| Main Entry: | coup de grâce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finishing blow |
Synonyms: |
blow, clincher, comeuppance, deathblow, defeat, final blow, final stroke, kill, knockout, mercy stroke, mortal blow, quietus |
| Main Entry: | blow of mercy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mortal blow |
Synonyms: |
coup de grace, deathblow, decisive stroke, finishing blow |
| Main Entry: | kiss of death |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finishing stroke |
Synonyms: |
clincher, coup de grace, deathblow, end-all, knockout, mortal blow |
| Main Entry: | sudden death |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexplained death |
Synonyms: |
deathblow, early death, premature death, stroke of death, tiebreaker, untimely end |
| Main Entry: | death warrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal order to execute someone |
Synonyms: |
apocalypse, bane, coup de grace, cutoff, death knell, deathblow, doom, end of the world, end point, fate, final blow, quietus |