fatal wound
Killing blow received
A fatal wound is an injury that causes or will cause death.
The wound may kill instantly or inevitably lead to death: He survived the first shot but the second was a fatal wound.
In figurative use, a fatal wound is damage from which there's no recovery: The scandal dealt a fatal wound to his campaign.
- mortalSubject to death
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- blood lossDepletion of vital fluid
internal bleeding · stab · gash · laceration · hemorrhage · trauma · critical · injury · deathblow · puncture · severed · artery · vital organs · gunshot · slash · pierced · succumb · dying