hammer blow
Noun
Meaning
A blow with a hammer.
(rail transport) A pounding of the rails by the driving wheels of a steam locomotive caused by the inertia of unbalanced parts.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
Grief was like that. It gradually faded into a dull ache, until some simple sight or sound or scent hit him like a hammer blow.
Among other weird affects of No Deal will be ‘protected’ food/drink products losing their trademark status – a hammer blow to the UK’s Scotch whiskey and Cornish pasty companies.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Sept. 2 confirmed the largest quarterly contraction on record, driving home the hammer blow of the COVID-19 crisis.
It is perhaps unsurprising therefore that being forced to step aside for the current series of the ITV show – after being charged with beating her boyfriend Lewis Burton – was a hammer blow.
It was a hammer blow to Albion, whose travelling supporters had been celebrating a Derby County goal at home to Barnsley which momentarily moved Burton out of the relegation zone.
Business leaders warned postponing a further easing of England's coronavirus lockdown was a 'hammer blow' to the economy, amid mounting fears of the worst recession in 300 years.