inflict a blow

"Could someone 5 feet and 120 pounds inflict such a blow?"

That loss has inflicted a serious blow upon our resource base.

Another man inflicted a fatal blow on the head.

But the main concern for Turkey is to bounce back from the economic blows inflicted by the gulf crisis.

The greatest blow inflicted by the government on religion were the agrarian reforms.

That would inflict a heavy blow on the biggest Western banks and endanger the world financial system.

A variety of implements may be used to inflict blows on the offender.

Failure to inflict a significant blow on the malfeasant government, however, leaves but two other options.

We said you can do a good job, inflict a heavy blow to Hezbollah and reduce rocketing.

"Israel, at this moment, is recovering from a terrible blow inflicted on her last Saturday night by acts of terror," he said.