death-shot

He had received a death-shot from some unseen hand, and the mournful whoops of the savages gave token that they had lost a favorite warrior.

Woman on the American Frontier William Worthington Fowler

And even as he spoke, the man fired, and a death-shot pierced Wild

Wild Bill's Last Trail Ned Buntline

Nothing, however, is more erroneous than the impression; for to "throw a buffalo in his tracks," which is the phrase for making a clean shot, he must be struck but a few inches above the brisket., behind the shoulder, where alone, unless the spine be divided, a death-shot will reach the vitals.

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

Each man had aimed aside, with a secret hope that the death-shot would come from his neighbour's hand, not his; and there the Gadfly stood and smiled at them; they had only turned the execution into a butchery, and the whole ghastly business was to do again.

The Gadfly 1912

They were going to kill Jack where the Dillons said he had killed the sheep, and the boy jumped to his feet and ran up the hill a little way and disappeared in the bushes, that he might not hear Jack's death-shot, while Melissa sat where she was, watching the crowd come on.

Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

Then Cecil raised his hand, and gave the signal for his own death-shot.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909

They were going to kill Jack where the Dillons said he had killed the sheep, and the boy jumped to his feet and ran up the hill a little way and disappeared in the bushes, that he might not hear Jack's death-shot, while Melissa sat where she was, watching the crowd come on.

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come John Fox 1891

So have certain brave soldiers been known to smile in face of a death-shot.

Thelma Marie Corelli 1889

Her welcome of her death-shot was the only untruth that had ever soiled her fearless lips.

Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

Cecil's eyes strained in him with one last, longing look; then he raised his hand and gave the signal for his own death-shot.

Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873