at a (single) stroke

at a (single) stroke

All at once, with a single decisive or powerful action. When the economy crashed, thousands of people lost their jobs, their homes, and their pensions at a single stroke. As the two leaders ratified the treaty, 10 years of civil war ended at a stroke.
See also: stroke
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • at a (single) blow
  • at a blow
  • at one fell swoop
  • at/in one fell swoop
  • in one fell swoop
  • one fell swoop, in
  • swoop
  • in one blow
  • at one stroke
  • at a/one stroke