Thesaurus results for COUP DE GRÂCE

coup de grâce

noun

ˌkü-də-ˈgräs

variants or coup de grace

Definition of coup de grâce

as in determinant

something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming the prosecutor presented his coupe de grâce—a videotape of the beating

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Recent Examples of coup de grâce But the coup de grace for the burglars came on April 9, when police arrested the 23-year-old and seized his phone. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 June 2026 Israel softened up the target; America delivered the coup de grace. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2025 The coup de grace was delivered a minute into injury time as Mount seized on a poor clearance from Athletic goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 9 May 2025 The coup de grace will come some five billion years from now, when our expanding red giant sun engulfs and incinerates poor little Earth. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for coup de grâce

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The chief determinant of that unlikely success has been not individual genius in the lab, or individual prowess in the boardroom, but collective planning and coördination at a breathtaking scale.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Use Multiple Data Points Wealth indicators provide a partial snapshot of an individual’s financial position and should not be the sole determinant of a donor’s capacity to make a significant gift.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of determinant

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The video featured resistance training combos, like squats paired with overhead dumbbell presses, and another including skull crushers with a barbell and reverse crunches.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Qatar did the same for reckless driving two years ago, feeding a Toyota Supra into a car crusher after its driver was filmed doing donuts on a highway.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of crusher

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Mesa hit a go-ahead, tiebreaking two-run homer off Fried in the ALDS clincher.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
This group ended Milwaukee’s 12-game road postseason losing streak since 2018 with the clincher in San Diego, executing nearly flawlessly in the process.

— Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of clincher

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Swap the throw pillows, drape a blanket over worn spots, add a slipcover or washable topper and change out the rug, curtains or lighting around it.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Slipcovers and sofa toppers move from utilitarian to design-forward.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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