sword-thrust

It was originally a Spanish expression for the final sword-thrust in a bull-fight, the one that finishes off the bull after the matador is done taunting and tormenting him.

Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Ministry of Truth: New Fronts in the War on Social Security RJ 2011

Henry James pined, via a Hamlet metaphor, for some industrious scholar to find the true author by “the sharper point, the more extended lunge,” seemingly forgetting that the Prince of Denmark’s sword-thrust through the arras killed the wrong man.

Brian Bethune 2010

The gentlemen having defeated these villains, the owner of the house being among the slain, and having learned that the wife was still worse than himself, despatched her after him with a sword-thrust.

A Harrowing Journey, à la Sixteenth Century Julianne Douglas 2008

One of the centurions, Crastinus, who we mentioned earlier, fought gallantly and died from a sword-thrust in the face.

Page 123 Meme Sara 2008

I deflected a sword-thrust with my shield and drew my own blade, screaming a wild eastern battle cry.

The Substance of a Dream Megan Arkenberg 2008

The gentlemen having defeated these villains, the owner of the house being among the slain, and having learned that the wife was still worse than himself, despatched her after him with a sword-thrust.

Archive 2008-10-01 Julianne Douglas 2008

To my feet I start, but all unarmed; and as I peer about and grope to find my sword, a stalwart hand from somewhere nigh dealt me a sword-thrust beneath the ribs.

Rhesus 2008

One of the centurions, Crastinus, who we mentioned earlier, fought gallantly and died from a sword-thrust in the face.

Archive 2008-02-01 Sara 2008

To my feet I start, but all unarmed; and as I peer about and grope to find my sword, a stalwart hand from somewhere nigh dealt me a sword-thrust beneath the ribs.

Rhesus 2008

I deflected a sword-thrust with my shield and drew my own blade, screaming a wild eastern battle cry.

Archive 2008-03-01 Megan Arkenberg 2008