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− | '''Coup de grâce''' ("blow of mercy") is a deathblow administered to end the suffering of someone mortally wounded.<ref>[ | + | '''Coup de grâce''' ("blow of mercy") is a deathblow administered to end the suffering of someone mortally wounded.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coup%20de%20gr%C3%A2ce Coup de grâce - Merriam-Webster dictionary]</ref> |
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+ | The Grammarist website says about the term: "In English, a coup de grace is a strong finishing stroke or a decisive way of ending something. The loan phrase from French is useful in all sorts of contexts. For instance, it’s often used in reference to competitive sports to describe a move or a score that effectively ends the match, and it’s often used in reference to works of art, describing a novel touch that gives a work a strong finish."<ref>[https://grammarist.com/usage/coup-de-grace/ Coup de grace], Grammarist.com</ref> | ||
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+ | [[File:Alfred Jacob Miller - Yell of Triumph - Walters 371940151.jpg|center|600px|thumbnail|Alfred Jacob Miller's painting ''Yell of Triumph''. | ||
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+ | The hunters have brought down the buffalo, Miller noted, "and one has mounted the back of the animal to join in an Indian yell and song;- partly as a species of requiem to the Buffalo for the game quality he has exhibited, but mainly as an act of self glorification for giving the 'coup de grace' to the bull."<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Jacob_Miller_-_Yell_of_Triumph_-_Walters_371940151.jpg Alfred Jacob Miller's painting ''Yell of Triumph''.]</ref>]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:04, February 26, 2024
Coup de grâce ("blow of mercy") is a deathblow administered to end the suffering of someone mortally wounded.[1]
The Grammarist website says about the term: "In English, a coup de grace is a strong finishing stroke or a decisive way of ending something. The loan phrase from French is useful in all sorts of contexts. For instance, it’s often used in reference to competitive sports to describe a move or a score that effectively ends the match, and it’s often used in reference to works of art, describing a novel touch that gives a work a strong finish."[2]