Coup de grâce
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The expression coup de grâce (French: /ku də ɡʁas/ "blow of mercy") means a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature. It is often used figuratively to describe the last of a series of events which brings about the end of some entity; for example: "The business had been ailing for years; the coup de grâce was the sudden jump in oil prices."
In war times, it means shooting into the cardiac or temporal region of an already shot, but not yet dead person during a military or civilian execution. It can also refer to the final destruction of an commodity.
In a classic duel to the death, if a person is wounded and not likely to recover, a coup de grâce is performed.
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