Coup de grâce
From Conservapedia
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]
Alfred Jacob Miller's painting Yell of Triumph.
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."[3]
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."[3]
