KISS OF DEATH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that is ruinous

Example:

if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("kiss of death" is a kind of...):

calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster; tragedy (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune)

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