hammer blow

noun [C]

Definition

› something that causes serious damage or harm: The impact of economic slowdown on the labor market hasn't been the hammer blow that news headlines might suggest.

(Definition of hammer blow noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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