crippling blow
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- deathblowFinal, fatal stroke
wound · stagger · shatter · paralyzing · maiming · strike · hammer · incapacitate · cripple · damage · weakness · vulnerable · collapse · ruin · destruction · finisher · haymaker · lethal
impact severity
crippling blowwindfall
Unanticipated lucky gain
godsend · shot in the arm · blessing · lucky break · saving grace
recovery/damage
crippling blowhealing touch
Restorative physical contact
recovery · rehabilitation · restoration · revival · rejuvenation