coup de grâce

[ kooduh -grahs ]

/ kudə ˈgrɑs /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR coup de grâce ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural coups de grâce [kooduh -grahs]. /kudə ˈgrɑs/. French.

a death blow, especially one delivered mercifully to end suffering.

any finishing or decisive stroke.

Origin of coup de grâce

Literally, “blow of mercy”

Words nearby coup de grâce

county palatine, county seat, county town, coup, coup de foudre, coup de grâce, coup de main, coup de maître, coup de poing, coup d'essai, coup d'état

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Example sentences from the Web for coup de grâce

They were, however, completely powerless, and a double-barrelled gun gave each the "coup-de-grace" by a ball in the forehead.
The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon|Samuel White Baker
In the hands of a master of the art it becomes an incisive weapon, like the blade with which the matador gives his coup-de-grace.
The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature|Arthur Bartlett Maurice
We may have to administer the "coup-de-grace" with our hand-bayonets.
"Over There" with the Australians|R. Hugh Knyvett
You cannot be killed accidentally; Odal must perform the coup-de-grace himself.
The Dueling Machine|Benjamin William Bova

But when 112he wished to give the coup-de-grace, in vain he sought the knight, he neither saw nor heard.
Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende|Mary Lafon

British Dictionary definitions for coup de grâce

coup de grâce

/ French (ku də ɡrɑs) /

noun plural coups de grâce (ku də ɡrɑs)

a mortal or finishing blow, esp one delivered as an act of mercy to a sufferer

a final or decisive stroke

Word Origin for coup de grâce

literally: blow of mercy

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for coup de grâce

coup de grâce

[ (kooh duh grahs) ]

The final blow: “He had been getting deeper and deeper in debt; the fates delivered the coup de grâce when he died.” The phrase is French for “stroke of mercy.” It originally referred to the merciful stroke that put a fatally wounded person out of his misery or to the shot delivered to the head of a prisoner after he had faced a firing squad.

单词	coup de grâce
释义	coup de grâce [ kooduh -grahs ] / kudə ˈgrɑs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR coup de grâce ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural coups de grâce [kooduh -grahs]. /kudə ˈgrɑs/. French. a death blow, especially one delivered mercifully to end suffering. any finishing or decisive stroke. Origin of coup de grâce Literally, “blow of mercy” Words nearby coup de grâce county palatine, county seat, county town, coup, coup de foudre, coup de grâce, coup de main, coup de maître, coup de poing, coup d'essai, coup d'état Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for coup de grâce They were, however, completely powerless, and a double-barrelled gun gave each the "coup-de-grace" by a ball in the forehead. The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon\|Samuel White Baker In the hands of a master of the art it becomes an incisive weapon, like the blade with which the matador gives his coup-de-grace. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature\|Arthur Bartlett Maurice We may have to administer the "coup-de-grace" with our hand-bayonets. "Over There" with the Australians\|R. Hugh Knyvett You cannot be killed accidentally; Odal must perform the coup-de-grace himself. The Dueling Machine\|Benjamin William Bova But when 112he wished to give the coup-de-grace, in vain he sought the knight, he neither saw nor heard. Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende\|Mary Lafon British Dictionary definitions for coup de grâce coup de grâce / French (ku də ɡrɑs) / noun plural coups de grâce (ku də ɡrɑs) a mortal or finishing blow, esp one delivered as an act of mercy to a sufferer a final or decisive stroke Word Origin for coup de grâce literally: blow of mercy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to coup de grâce blow, clincher, comeuppance, defeat, kill, knockout, quietus, deathblow, mercy stroke Cultural definitions for coup de grâce coup de grâce [ (kooh duh grahs) ] The final blow: “He had been getting deeper and deeper in debt; the fates delivered the coup de grâce when he died.” The phrase is French for “stroke of mercy.” It originally referred to the merciful stroke that put a fatally wounded person out of his misery or to the shot delivered to the head of a prisoner after he had faced a firing squad. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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coup de grâce

noun, plural coups de grâce [kooduh -grahs]. /kudə ˈgrɑs/. French.

Origin of coup de grâce

Words nearby coup de grâce

Example sentences from the Web for coup de grâce

British Dictionary definitions for coup de grâce

noun plural coups de grâce (ku də ɡrɑs)

Word Origin for coup de grâce

Words related to coup de grâce

Cultural definitions for coup de grâce