at a blow

prepositional phrase

at once, in one action.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. at once, in one action.

    Everything within the [ruined city] bears the imprint of a single plan and a single period: there is no trace of an earlier or later settlement. Created at a blow, it would seem to have perished at a blow and never to have been inhabited again.

    1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 162
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APA

at a blow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20a%20blow

MLA

“at a blow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20a%20blow. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at a blow,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20a%20blow.

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