The good life could be gone in a one blow.
Her hand moved in a flashing blow to his neck.
Before he could get in a second blow, four of them were on his arms and legs.
One soldier charged him, only to be chopped down in a single blow.
Then he got in a blow to his adversary's throat.
Before G-8 could get in a blow, that third one had been knocked out by the other officers.
It only needed one of them to get in a lucky blow, and the fight would be over.
It's the trees that do the damage in a bad blow.
"It might mean the end of the war in a single blow," she said.
Then our hero drew back and sent in a blow with all his force.