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hammer blow
noun
- a blow from a hammer
- a severe shock or setback
Liam's death was a hammer blow
Example Sentences
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."
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.
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.
Scotch Whisky Association chief executive Mark Kent described the increase on spirits duty as a “hammer blow”.
In Dubai, their first-innings 141 felt like enough without quite dealing a hammer blow.
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