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hammer blow

noun

  1. a blow from a hammer
  2. a severe shock or setback

    Liam's death was a hammer blow

“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


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The tax rises were a "hammer blow to already fragile practice finances", said the GP, adding: "It feels like a kick in the teeth when you are already really down."

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Anthony Pender, owner of two pubs and a restaurant, told the BBC businesses were "being taxed to death", while the boss of Fuller's pub chain said the National Insurance rise was a "crippling hammer blow" to pubs.

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He added the specific decision to lower the threshold at which employers will have to pay National Insurance was a "crippling hammer blow" to the sector.

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Scotch Whisky Association chief executive Mark Kent described the increase on spirits duty as a “hammer blow”.

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In Dubai, their first-innings 141 felt like enough without quite dealing a hammer blow.

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