とどめをさす

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とどめをさす – see the following entry.

[verb] finish off, deliver the final blow (so to ensure (something) is dead)

[verb] (idiomatic) deliver the final blow (so to ensure (someone or something) to have no hope for recovery)

[verb] (idiomatic) ～に止めを刺す: to be the best for

[verb] (idiomatic) to clearly explain (so to avoid problems that could happen later on)

Alternative spelling
とどめを刺す

(This term, とどめをさす (todomeosasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)