finishing+stroke
61translate — verb 1 change sth from one language to another ADVERB ▪ literally ▪ ‘Tiramisù’ literally translates as ‘pull me up’. ▪ accurately, correctly ▪ freely, loosely …
62COLOPHON — an Ionian city in Asia Minor, N. of Ephesus, is supposed to give name to the device at the end of books, the cavalry of the place being famous for giving the finishing stroke to a battle …
63end — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Terminal point Nouns 1. end[ing], close, termination, conclusion, wind up, finis, finish, finale, period, terminus, stopping [point]; halt, cessation, desistance, cloture, abortion, curtailment,… …
64killing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of one that kills Nouns 1. killing, homicide, manslaughter, murder, assassination, murder most foul; bloodshed, bloodletting, slaughter, carnage, butchery, extermination, decimation, annihilation,… …
65Killing — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Destruction of live PARAG:Killing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 killing killing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 homicide homicide manslaughter murder assassination trucidation| iccusion| Sgm: N 1 effusion of blood effusion of blood …
66catastrophe — n. 1. Upshot, issue, consummation, conclusion, termination, dénouement, finale, winding up, finishing stroke, final event. 2. Disaster, misfortune, mishap, mischance. See calamity …
67dénouement — n. [Fr.] 1. Catastrophe (of a drama or a novel), unravelling of the plot. 2. Issue, upshot, conclusion, termination, finale, consummation, winding up, finishing stroke, final event …
68issue — I. n. 1. Egress, exit, outlet, way out, passage out. 2. Delivering, delivery, sending out. 3. Amount issued, number printed, impression, edition. 4. Edition, copy, number. 5. Event, consequence, end, termination, conclusion, consummation, result …
69annihilation — n 1. butchery, carnage, slaughter, wholesale or general slaughter, wholesale killing, mass murder, mass homicide, mass slaying, mass execution, mass destruction, blood bath, decimation, liquidation, blotting or wiping out, genocide, pogrom,… …
70kill — v 1. slay, murder, assassinate, poison, do to death, liquidate, erase, blot or wipe out, put an end to, get rid of, put away, put out of the way, silence, carry off, remove, dispatch, finish, finish off, do for, fix, settle, lay out, lay low, Inf …
