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GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the blow that kills (usually mercifully)

Examples

  • “I recollect an account of a concert given at Clonmel several years ago, in which the eloquent local journalist said of one of the amateur lady singers, after the loftiest eulogy, 'but it was in her last song that Miss – – gave the coup de grace to her performance.”

    Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography

  • “The coup de grace for the Imperial Russian forces occurred in the Tsushima Strait on May 27-28 when the Japanese Admiral Togo annihilated a decrepit Russian fleet in the greatest naval battle — at that time — since Trafalgar.”

    JACK LONDON'S WAR

  • “T.H. Morgan does not hesitate to say that Mendel's laws give the final coup de grace to the doctrine of Natural Selection, and others consider that his views, if finally proved to be correct, will at least demand a profound modification in the theories associated with the name of”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

  • “If I wasn’t stunned by that revelation, my mother, Ethel Cooper-Meyers, supplied the coup de grace with what came next.”

    Simon & Schuster: One Season

  • “And he, Thanet, was about to deliver the coup de grace — no, not a coup de grace, because he wouldn't be putting Mrs Redman out of her misery but increasing it tenfold.”

    No Laughing Matter

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  1. grace-stroke
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  • reesetee Not that "blow of grease" mightn't be useful in some situations.... ;-) Feb 20, 2007

  • seanahan Pronounced "coo-duh-grohce", with the last vowel being the same one as in "hot". It is not pronounced "coo-duh-gro", which means "blow of grease". Feb 20, 2007

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