one blow
Synonyms
Examples
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
One blow from the German army and another from the Soviet army put an end to this ugly product of Versailles.
My Mother was a very wild Australian woman. When we were in Africa she could kill a snake with one blow from a crow bar, which she kept at the back door.
An oak is not felled at one blow.
The tree is not felled at one blow.
It takes more than one blow to fell a tree.