Definition of Coup de Gras

a final blow that puts an end to a conflict or someone’s suffering

Examples of Coup de Gras in a sentence

Having severely wounded his opponent, the knight finished him off with a coup de gras.  🔊

The enemy army was surrounded and starved, and our commander ordered one last assault as the coup de gras.  🔊

Considering that I had been utterly destroyed in our chess match so far, I was glad when Alice made her coup de gras and ended my humiliation.  🔊

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