kill shot
Fatal final blow
A kill shot is a shot intended to be fatal—whether in hunting, combat, or video games.
The term extends to any decisive blow that ends a competition or argument: That question was the kill shot of the debate.
In sports like volleyball or racquetball, a kill shot is an unreturnable shot that wins the point.
- deathblowFinal, fatal stroke
- coup de grâceMerciful finishing blow
- final blowDecisive finishing strike
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- headshotShoulders-up photograph
center mass · double tap · knockout · lethal · taken out · decisive · pickleball · execution · surgical strike · point blank · finishing · ace · critical hit · one hit wonder · precision · dead center · ethical hunting · checkmate
- table tennispaddle, ball, serve, net, table
- Racquet Sportsracquet, racket, squash, ball, serve
- shotsgunshot, B-52, Jagerbomb, Kamikaze, lemon drop
- finishing blowsfinishing blow, final blow, deathblow, finisher, finishing move
- tennis shotsforehand, backhand, volley, serve, lob
- finishing movesfinisher, finishing move, final blow, death blow, knockout
kill shotwarning shot
Intentionally missed shot conveying threat
shot across the bow · blank · miss · flesh wound · near miss
kill shotmiss
Fail to reach
whiff · dud · failed attempt · misfire · wide shot
kill shotrescue
Save from harm
resuscitation · life support · healing touch · saving grace · reprieve
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