a stinging blow
1blow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hard knock that hits sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ hard, heavy, nasty, painful, powerful, severe, sharp, stinging, violent …
2stinging — sting|ing [ stıŋıŋ ] adjective 1. ) very strong or thorough: a stinging defeat a stinging rebuke 2. ) making you feel sore or uncomfortable: a stinging pain a ) hitting you hard: a stinging slap/blow …
3stinging — UK [ˈstɪŋɪŋ] / US adjective 1) very strong, or thorough a stinging defeat a stinging rebuke 2) a) making you feel sore or uncomfortable a stinging pain b) hitting you hard a stinging slap/blow …
4stinging — adj. Stinging is used with these nouns: ↑attack, ↑blow, ↑indictment, ↑insect, ↑nettle, ↑pain, ↑rebuke, ↑sensation, ↑slap …
5strike — {vb 1 Strike, hit, smite, punch, slug, slog, swat, clout, slap, cuff, box are comparable when they mean to come or bring into contact with or as if with a sharp blow. Strike, hit, and smite are the more general terms. Strike, the most general of… …
6stinger — /sting euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that stings. 2. an animal or plant having a stinging organ. 3. the sting or stinging organ of an insect or other animal. 4. Informal. a stinging blow, remark, or the like. 5. a cocktail made of brandy and… …
7stinger — /ˈstɪŋə/ (say stinguh) noun 1. someone or something that stings. 2. an animal or plant that stings, especially the box jellyfish or stinging tree. 3. the sting of an insect or the like. 4. a shoulder fired anti aircraft missile. 5. Colloquial a… …
8Viet Cong and PAVN battle tactics — Soldier of a NLF/Viet Cong Main Force Unit. They shared common arms, procedures, tactics, organization and personnel with PAVN. Viet Cong and PAVN battle tactics comprised a flexible mix of guerrilla and conventional warfare battle tactics used… …
9Welt — A red bump, ridge or swelling of unbroken skin raised by a stinging blow or by an allergic reaction to foods, drugs or insect bites, as in hives (urticaria). The word welt has a number of nonmedical but related meanings including: in sewing, an… …
10Thomas Fitz-Simons — Thomas Fitz Simons † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Thomas Fitz Simons American merchant, b. in Ireland, 1741; d. at Philadelphia, U.S.A., 26 Aug., 1811. There is no positive date of his arrival in America, but church records in Philadelphia …