Deal them a blow so crippling they'll ran back to their dragon ships.
The loss of either would have been a crippling blow to the Union cause.
But while that may raise the hurdle a bit for the government, these experts said, it is far from a crippling blow.
Not when they were so close to striking what surely would be a crippling blow to the entire American society.
The crippling blow came on a ball that traveled perhaps 60 feet.
Too many high times together: it always dealt a crippling blow to a friendship in the long run.
She hoped that would be a crippling blow to their plans.
He did not know which, and that knowledge was like a crippling blow to his heart.
I think it would deal a crippling blow to their vibrant activities.
One was struck a crippling blow and drifted off, but the others kept coming.