"blow to kingdom come" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbləʊ tə ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbloʊ tə ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/ [General-American], [-ɾə-] [General-American] Audio: En-au-blow to kingdom come.ogg [Australia] Forms: blows to kingdom come [present, singular, third-person], blowing to kingdom come [participle, present], blew to kingdom come [past], blown to kingdom come [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ʌm Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|blow|t=to cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed}} blow (“to cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed”), {{m|en|to}} to, {{m|en|kingdom come|t=place that one will go to after one’s death, afterlife; death; state of complete annihilation; heaven or paradise}} kingdom come (“place that one will go to after one’s death, afterlife; death; state of complete annihilation; heaven or paradise”), {{m|en||Kingdom come}} Kingdom come Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> to kingdom come}} blow to kingdom come (third-person singular simple present blows to kingdom come, present participle blowing to kingdom come, simple past blew to kingdom come, past participle blown to kingdom come)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something). Wikipedia link: God the Father, Jesus, King James Version Tags: idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Violence Related terms: kill Translations (to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out): démolir (French), mettre en pièces (French), ruiner (French), ins Jenseits befördern (note: of a person) (German), ausradieren (note: of an object) (German), zetrzeć z powierzchni ziemi (Polish), стереть с лица земли (steretʹ s lica zemli) (Russian)

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