crushing blow

crushing blow

A major defeat or setback that is devastating to the goals of a person, group, or organization. The team's loss last Sunday was a crushing blow to their chances for a championship. Failing that test was a crushing blow to my hopes for an honors degree.
See also: blow, crush
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a kick in the head
  • a kick in the face
  • get (one's) own back
  • get your own back
  • kick in the guts
  • a kick in the guts
  • a kick in the balls
  • a kick in the shins
  • whip (one)
  • whipped
References in periodicals archive
Home favourite Abdulla al Tamimi suffered a crushing blow as he lost to veteran Englishman Daryl Selby.
Sunday's vote is a crushing blow for the 89-year-old, who founded the party in 1972.
Tehran delivered a crushing blow to these terrorist cells, Iranian news agency (Mehr) quoted Alavi as saying during a meeting in Alborz province.
Totten ham Hotspur's Premier League title hopes suffered a crushing blow as their nine-match winning run ended in a 1-0 defeat at West Ham United on Friday.
It was a crushing blow for Ings, who has been restricted to just 11 appearances for the Reds since signing from Burnley in July 2015.
WASHINGTON -- US daily The Washington Post has said the Indian democracy will face a crushing blow if brutalities of Indian forces in Occupied Kashmir continue.
10 YEARS AGO: A major North-east crack cocaine network was dealt a crushing blow as police launched an offensive on dealers.
SCOTTISH MAG, Via Twitter MARK SAYS: No one said it is over, but he was dealt a swift and crushing blow last week.
LIVERPOOL have been dealt a crushing blow after Daniel Sturridge suffered a new injury setback.
However, this would not be a crushing blow to the Mac, Ms Wilson claims, and points to an increase in turnover and a ramping up of commercial activities.
RAMIRES admits Neymar's back injury is a crushing blow for the whole of Brazil.
London, May 16 ( ANI ): Kanye West, who gashed his head earlier in the week when he bumped into a Los Angeles street sign, suffered another crushing blow after his luxurious 500,000-pound Lamborghini Aventador was smashed by Kim Kardashian's electric gates.
PHILLIPS IDOWU last night felt a public backlash to go with the crushing blow of failing to make the grade at his home Olympics.
GREAT Britain's women proved they have character to add to their silky skills as they recovered from the crushing blow of conceding a twogoal second-half lead to South Korea to register their second victory of the tournament, winning 5-3.
CRUSHING BLOW: Ben Forrer was horrified to see a scrapyard workman begin crushing his van