Blow
Blow noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
How words are described
| good | good blow | good clash |
| direct | direct blow | direct clash |
| certain | certain blow | certain clash |
| powerful | powerful blow | powerful clash |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, big, serious, huge, personal, major, final, decisive, significant, next, last, greatest, resulting. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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BIONICLE: During a clash with Makuta Teridax, the Shadowed One received a blow that sent him flying at the unconscious body of his already felled underling, Voporak.
Source: Rapid Aging - Ghat and Father-Mother from Zeno Clash survived having a grenade blow up a foot or so away from their faces.
Source: No One Should Survive That -
Samurai Champloo played it straight in the fourth episode — Mugen and a yakuza clash in a single blow, with Mugen walking away — and subverted it in a later episode — as Mugen approaches two people who betrayed him, one reaches for his sword and Mugen cuts him down without even stopping.
Source: Single-Stroke Battle
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