They weren't the kind to give up after striking a single blow.
It was important for the death to be a single blow.
He has been known to cut men in half with a single blow.
She hadn't been able to land a single effective blow.
"It might mean the end of the war in a single blow," she said.
With a single blow he finished off the second man, then turned and did the same to the other.
He was strong enough to kill a man with a single blow.
A single blow sent the black unconscious to the ground.
For most a single blow with a war club was all it had taken.
The victim died from a single blow to the head.