deathblow in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for deathblow in the English»Italian Dictionary

deathblow N

deathblow

colpo m mortale

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Cutting back staff while staring a shrinking market cap in the face may be painful, but it's not a deathblow.

www.bbc.co.uk

The analyst didn't mention the cost of that kind of public truthfulness: harsh criticism and maybe even a career deathblow.

www.govtech.com

Arguably, email is the parallel structure that will deliver the deathblow to the postal monopoly.

dailyreckoning.com

But a new liberal justice on the court will be the deathblow of judicial restraint for a generation, if not longer.

spectator.org

After all, a number of communication innovations -- phones or e-mail, not to mention texts, tweets, pokes and status updates -- should have delivered the deathblow to the telegram long ago.

world.time.com

As for the one-year moratorium, he says it will be a deathblow to horse-drawn carriages in the city.

montrealgazette.com

They thought 2002 would deal a deathblow.

www.ncregister.com

Martial law mercilessly delivered the deathblow to a venerable institution.

opinion.inquirer.net

If you don't know the answer to a particular question, being honest and telling the interviewer that you will follow up isn't a deathblow, they said.

news.efinancialcareers.com

The deathblow is delivered with a quick thrust of the sharp bill, and the prey is swallowed whole.

www.thelondoner.ca