Term: kiss of death: something that is ruinous
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: vestryman: a man who is a member of a church vestry
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: sight: the ability to see; the visual faculty
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: united kingdom: a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: gull: mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: constancy: (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: capillary: a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: lepton: an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: penicillium: genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: conquest: the act of conquering
Broader: calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Unrelated: pogonia: any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower