とどめを刺す

Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of とどめを刺す – see the following entry.

[verb] finish off, deliver the final blow (so to ensure (something) is dead)

[verb] (idiomatic) deliver the final blow (so to ensure (someone or something) to have no hope for recovery)

[verb] (idiomatic) ～に止めを刺す: to be the best for

[verb] (idiomatic) to clearly explain (so to avoid problems that could happen later on)

(This term, とどめを刺す, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)