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Meanings of shattering blow in English

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Usage of shattering blow in English
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The news of her death is a shattering blow to the whole family.
The Guardian
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Skylan gripped his shield and braced himself for the shattering blow.
Bones of the Dragon
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She had heard nothing since the shattering blow of the word "wife."
The Window-Gazer
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Our belief in German statements received another shattering blow.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klinge...
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Cosimo fell back before him limp and trembling, his spirit broken by this shattering blow.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
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The shattering blow was merited by one who could not rejoice that he had acted rightly.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 6
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ANOTHER shattering blow to Kilkenny's dwindling hurling stock.
The Irish Times
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Now she was inconsistent enough to boil with rage at the shattering blow which had befallen him.
Uneasy Money
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The victim had been dealt a skull- shattering blow, then dumped in a hole like last year's mulch.
Fatal Voyage
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Its ending is then precipitated by a shattering blow from a Stone, "cut out without hands."
Satan
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Gerrod, prepared for either this or death from the neck- shattering blow caused by a Quel arm, closed his eyes.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
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This discovery was a shattering blow to the old theory that had dominated that field of physics for so many centuries.
A History of Science — Volume 2
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It is a shattering blow for Everton manager David Moyes, who has been chasing the former England under-21 international for weeks.
The Irish Times
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CELTIC'S European ambitions were dealt a shattering blow by a Hamburg side which has flopped in the German League this season.
The Irish Times
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Clarke suddenly swings the bat down hard, cracking Felix a shattering blow over the skull, laying him out across his now-exploded chair.
Breathe
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Thereafter a great army of the Muski and their allies pressed southward with purpose to deal a shattering blow against the Assyrian power.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
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