finishing move
Match-ending decisive strike
A finishing move is a decisive action that ends a contest or conflict.
In professional wrestling and video games, it's a signature attack that defeats an opponent: He hit his finishing move and pinned him for the three-count.
The term extends to any climactic action that secures victory or completes a task: Landing that client was the finishing move for the quarter.
Incapacitating final blow
- KOVictory by incapacitation
- uppercutAscending boxing strike
- haymakerWild knockout punch
- fatalityDeath from accident
combo · ultimate · coup de grâce · death blow · kill shot · critical hit · final blow · takedown
Pins toppled in bowling
- submissionYielding to another's will
- suplexOverhead backward wrestling slam
- piledriverMachine that pounds posts
- powerbombShoulder-lift mat slam
clothesline · stunner · body slam · chokeslam · DDT · tombstone · spear · sharpshooter
Accuracy of measurement
- timingArt of choosing moments
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
setup · wind-up · signature · trademark · showmanship · theatrics · dramatic · devastating
Resounding, celebrated victory
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
iconic · celebration · championship · glory · conquest · humiliation · annihilation · destruction
knockout
Incapacitating final blow
fatality · combo · ultimate · coup de grâce · death blow · kill shot · critical hit · final blow · takedown · chokehold
pinfall
Pins toppled in bowling
- submissionYielding to another's will
- suplexOverhead backward wrestling slam
- piledriverMachine that pounds posts
powerbomb · clothesline · stunner · body slam · chokeslam · DDT · tombstone · spear · sharpshooter · sleeper hold
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- timingArt of choosing moments
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
sequence · setup · wind-up · signature · trademark · showmanship · theatrics · dramatic · devastating · spectacular
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
legendary · iconic · celebration · championship · glory · conquest · humiliation · annihilation · destruction · obliteration
- game killsfrag, kills, headshot, double kill, triple kill
- Fighting GamesStreet Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Sub-Zero, Raiden
- finishing blowsfinal blow, deathblow, finisher, kill shot, knockout
- finishing movesfinisher, final blow, death blow, knockout, knockout punch
- signature movestrademark, special attack, master stroke, finisher, showstopper
- Instakillsone-shot, instant death, killshot, deathblow, finisher
finishing moveopener
What begins something
opening gambit · lead-off · first strike · first move · kickoff
finishing movepoke
Sharp, quick thrust
jab · feint · glancing blow · holding pattern
move, finish, finished, finally, unfinished, infinity, finishing, finalize, finishes