Crushing blow
The crossword clue "Crushing blow" is answered by BASH, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BASH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BASH answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- KARATECHOP (2 uses in xd)
- SUNDAYPUNCH (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BASH
Every other clue in this collection answered by BASH, most used first.
- Big party - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Wild party - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Shindig - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Blowout - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Big blowout - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Lively party - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Wingding - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Big shindig - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Hit hard - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Big do - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Criticize harshly - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Bad-mouth - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Well-publicized shindig - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Gala - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Huge party - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Lavish party - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Criticize severely - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Party - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Wing-ding - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Big celebration - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Major party - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Elaborate party - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Talk trash about - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Karate blow - CHOP, used 69 times
- Blow off steam - VENT, used 63 times
- Big blow - GALE, used 60 times
- Open-handed blow - SLAP, used 19 times
- Crushing on - INTO, used 18 times
- Blow away - STUN, used 17 times
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