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Coup De Grâce
/kuː də ɡɹɑs/
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What does Coup De Grâce mean?
noun
- A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal.
- (figuratively) A remarkable finishing action.
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IPA pronunciation
/kuː də ɡɹɑs/
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/kuː də ɡɹɑː/
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After we had rowed, or rather driven about a league and a half, as we reckoned it, a raging wave, mountain-like, came rolling astern of us, and plainly bade us expect the coup de grâce.
The favourable light in which this new thought showed itself by contrast with his foregone intentions cheered Jude, as he sat there, shabby and lonely; and it may be said to have given, during the next few days, the coup de grâce to his intellectual career—a career which had extended over the greater part of a dozen years.