coup de grace (noun)
1coup de grâce — ► NOUN (pl. coups de grâce pronunc. same) ▪ a final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal. ORIGIN French, stroke of grace …
2coup de grâce — or coup de grace noun (plural coups de grâce or coups de grace) Etymology: French coup de grâce, literally, stroke of mercy Date: 1699 1. a deathblow or death shot administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded 2. a …
3coup de grâce — [ ,ku də gras ] noun singular FORMAL a final action that destroys or defeats something that was already weak or failing: King s comments dealt the coup de grâce to any hope she had of being elected …
4coup de grace — noun see coup de grâce …
5coup de grâce — noun /ku də ɡrɑs,ku də ɡrɑː/ A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal …
6coup de grace — noun the blow that kills (usually mercifully) • Syn: ↑deathblow • Hypernyms: ↑killing, ↑kill, ↑putting to death …
7coup de grâce — [ˌku: də grα:s] noun (plural coups de grâce pronunciation same) a final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal. Origin Fr., lit. stroke of grace …
8coup de grâce — /ku də ˈgras/ (say kooh duh grahs) noun (plural coups de grâce /ku də ˈgras/ (say kooh duh grahs)) 1. a death blow, as a bullet in the head to make sure the person being executed is dead. 2. a finishing stroke. {French: grace stroke} …
9coup de grâce — UK [ˌkuː də ˈɡrɑːs] / US [ˌku də ˈɡrɑs] noun [singular] formal a final action that destroys or defeats something that was already weak or failing …
10knockout — noun 1) the match was won by a knockout Syn: KO, finishing blow, coup de grâce, stunning blow, kayo, TKO (technical knockout) 2) informal she s a knockout! Syn: beauty, babe, bombshell, vision, d …
