finishing moves
Match-ending signature attacks
Finishing moves are decisive attacks in combat sports or video games that end a fight dramatically.
In professional wrestling, they're signature moves that lead to a pin: He hit his finishing move and the match was over.
In fighting games like Mortal Kombat, they're brutal sequences performed on a defeated opponent.
The term extends to any decisive final action: The lawyer's closing argument was a finishing move.
- final blowDecisive finishing strike
- coup de grâceMerciful finishing blow
- fatalityDeath from accident
- flawless victoryWin without any harm
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
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- Fighting GamesStreet Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Sub-Zero, Raiden
- Wrestling GamesWWE, WWF, WWE Raw, wrestling ring, wrestlers
- game secretscheat codes, unlockables, hidden items, secret rooms, hidden areas
- wrestlers in filmsNacho Libre, Hulk Hogan, Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, Andre the Giant
finishing moveswar of attrition
Prolonged conflict draining both sides
defensive maneuvers · stalling tactics · survival mode · rope-a-dope · damage mitigation
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