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The deadly blow was the last message he would ever receive.
I sat overwhelmed as if with a sudden deadly blow.
The deadliest blows so far have come from Palestinian terrorists.
The remark was a deadly blow to the Zions' case.
"It was one of the deadly blows they inflicted on us, I remember.
But before he could get out he saw an arm rise and fall in a deadly blow.
His big body shuddered and recovered in spite of the deadly blow.
Quintus thought, as he might have applauded a deadly blow.
But it was already too late to stop his body, which was stepping in for its usually deadly blow.
He must roll as rapidly as possible out from under that deadly blow.
The king wished in this way to strike a deadly blow at usury.
Tom moved like lightning to dodge a deadly blow from its bony tail.
Some reports say that he was arrested and was dealt a deadly blow to the head.
He dove for safety just in time to evade the worst of the deadly blow aimed at his head.
So he rushed at him and hit him with a deadly blow on his hip joint.
The Tribune raised, for a deadlier blow, the revengeful blade.
He was conveniently forgetting he'd given Meggie a deadly blow with the lamp.
The sight of it made Segnbora weak behind the knees, as if struck by a deadly blow.
That's a deadly blow to the sanctity of our revered voting franchise.
Please forgive my agitation, but today I have seen my world struck a deadly blow.
"And an attack on Earth would be a deadly blow if they succeeded," Coburn agreed.
The only way to break its control is to have the sword deal a deadly blow to someone the current wielder/possessed one loves.
He pretends to be not injured and goes after Morden many times - each time receiving another deadly blow.
Lan Di finishes the fight with a deadly blow, and he and his party then leave.
A halberdier quickly swung at the Duke's head and landed a deadly blow directly on his helmet.
"It could really be the death blow for the county."
"For people close to the bottom this could be a death blow."
One single death blow might have appeared just too pat.
It was like a death blow to the entire assembly.
Maybe not today, but the death blow is sure as hell on the horizon if something isn't done soon.
It was as he wrote in his autobiography "the death blow of my career".
They stood with mouths open to receive their death blow.
That his wife should think him so base must have felt like a death blow."
Why should I collect my money from you now, when it might prove to be the death blow to your company?
He was a gentleman, even when delivering the death blow.
But she had never dreamed the death blow would come from an ally.
The wall of the Alambrera had taken its death blow.
"He knows how to deliver the death blow," Scott said.
Both of them knew it was a death blow.
If I dropped this band, it would be a death blow to jazz.
Within the Administration, some see nationally financed day care as a death blow to the nuclear family.
When the final death blow is delivered the world will be cursed as it was in time past.
And it was strongly suggested that he should attempt to deal the death blow, if there is one.
The monster moved, rolling him over to deliver the death blow.
Even a weak enemy could rally and deal a death blow.
You never know when the death blow will fall, so you must be prepared at all times.
The opening of the rail connections was a death blow to the stage road.
And they must either find a way to strike it a death blow, or else transport all their people elsewhere.
He launched himself at Jerome, sword high for the death blow.
A death blow would've followed that, under the dictates of real combat.
All three looked as if they had taken mortal blows.
In doing so, they hope to deal us a mortal blow.
I will have dealt a mortal blow to American power.
He had loved her, she realized that too now, with the force of a mortal blow.
It is typical of Smith to see the loss as a mortal blow to his future.
And soon we shall strike a mortal blow at the heart of your forces.
If you had to deal a mortal blow why try to lighten it?
The young boxer received a mortal blow to the head, and died in the ring.
Messaline looked as if he had received a mortal blow.
But I too slumped as if dealt a mortal blow.
During a fight with the policeman, the officer strikes a mortal blow.
But I feel it is nowhere near a mortal blow to our efforts."
One mortal blow and we are bereft, our descendants cut off.
Howell's eyes were dull, as if he had taken a mortal blow.
The Communities would convince themselves that they had struck a mortal blow and no longer need be concerned.
He knew she had dealt him a mortal blow.
It is there I will give a mortal blow to England.
It proved to be a mortal blow to White City.
Are they ready to deal a mortal blow to a competitor knowing that thousands of people would suffer?
Romanda jerked as if she had taken a mortal blow.
A number of shots hit his shield, but they were not serious- more like warnings than mortal blows.
"Its loss dealt a mortal blow to his career."
He received several mortal blows but his recitation of the poem continued.
She was the most lonely of murderers that ever struck a mortal blow.
At last, she could strike at her enemies a mortal blow.