BLOW


Meaning of BLOW in English

n. 25B6; noun

a blow on the head : KNOCK, BANG, hit, punch, thump, smack, crack, rap; informal whack, thwack, bash, clout, sock, wallop.

losing his wife must have been a blow : SHOCK, surprise, bombshell, thunderbolt, jolt; calamity, catastrophe, disaster, upset, setback.

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