coup de grâce

Definitions

1. A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal.
2. Alternative spelling of coup de grâce.
   alt-of, alternative
3. A remarkable finishing action.
   broadly

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Examples

“After we had row'd, or rather driven about a League and a Half, as we reckon'd it, a raging Wave⟳, Mountain-like, came rolling a-ſtern of us, and plainly bad us expect⟳ the Coup-de-Grace.”

“The expression of his face⟳ was an appeal; his eyes were full of prayer. […] For what, indeed? For that which we accord to even the meanest creature without sense⟳ to demand⟳ it, denying it only to the wretched of our own⟳ race⟳: for the blessed release⟳, the rite of uttermost compassion, the coup de grâce.”

“[…] they just went "Right, activate radar, hello everybody, we can see⟳ you, you can't see⟳ us", and plastered everything in 14-and-16-inch gunfire until everything was broken, burning, and not able to fire back, and then they popped out for the coup de grâce.”

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