blow to kingdom come

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbləʊ tə ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/
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• General-American: /ˈbloʊ tə ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/
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• General-American: [-ɾə-]
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• rhymes with -ʌm
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From blow (“to cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed”) + to + kingdom come (“place that one will go to after one’s death, afterlife; death; state of complete annihilation; heaven or paradise”). Kingdom come is derived from the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 in the Bible: see, for example, Matthew 6:10 in the King James Version (spelling modernized): “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven.” By these sentences, Jesus seeks the establishment of the rule of God the Father over the Earth in the future.

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: démolir — to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
• French: mettre en pièces — to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
• French: ruiner — to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
• German: ins Jenseits befördern — to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
• German: ausradieren — to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
• Polish: zetrzeć z powierzchni ziemi — to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
• Russian: стереть с лица земли (steretʹ s lica zemli) — to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
• Spanish: aventar a la olvidanza — to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
• Spanish: reducir a escombros — to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out