hammer blow
noun[C]
ukussomething thatcausesseriousdamageorharm:
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hammer blow
The incident had the impact of a "hammerblow".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This had the effect of ahammerblowimpact on the towns iron industry and ushered in the end of serious iron production.
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