single blow

Related
  • strikeForceful impact or stoppage
  • punchStrike with fist
  • knockoutIncapacitating final blow
  • impactForceful contact or consequence
  • hitSuccessful contact or strike

slam · smash · wallop · thwack · crack · whack · fatal · decisive · crushing · swift · fist · hammer · club · fell · cleave · smite · jab · slug

Opposites
quantity/repetition

single blowbarrage

Sustained, overwhelming attack

volley · pummeling · beating · onslaught · battering

gradualness

single blowwearing down

Gradually weakening through persistence

death by a thousand cuts · slow grind · cumulative effect

continuity of force

single blowgrinding

Molar action sometimes

Familiarity
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