body blow
body blow · body blows
A severely injurious or damaging physical strike or impactA severely injurious or damaging physical strike or impact.
» A certain part of his body literally blew up.
rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA severely injurious or damaging physical strike or impact.
A severely injurious or damaging physical strike or impact.
A hard punch struck to the torso.
(broadly, idiomatic)A serious setback; a traumatizing event which prevents or hinders continuation of an activity.
Examples
2 sentencesA certain part of his body literally blew up.
We have great doctors and they talked about a certain part of his body literally blew up.
Forms
plural: body blowsWord family
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