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This tag is for questions seeking a phrase or an expression that fits a meaning. If you're specifically seeking only a single word, see the "single word requests" tag too.
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Word or short phrase meaning "the act of bring about fatal consequences"
A nice verb meaning fatal termination is to scuttle, e.g. a project (the scuttling of the project...):
to abandon or destroy (plans, rumors, etc.) (The Free Dictionary)
to stop something happening, o …
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Word or short phrase meaning "the act of bring about fatal consequences"
Obliteration.
obliterate
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[transitive, often passive] to remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen:
The missile strike was devastating - t …
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Term for when a reader strongly predicts an outcome simply because the story would seemingly...
One phrase is plot armor. It means that a character of the story cannot possibly die. (E.g. the Game of Thrones had originally been praised for the lack of it.) It's an ever more established phrase.
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An expression for you get stuck in small position in big places vs jump to big positions in ...
What is more an antonym (or synonym? I'll explain) of big fish in a small pond than a direct answer to the question is to be out of your depth.
out of your depth (Cambridge English Dictionary)
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Term for a single piece of jargon
Because the original poster had the recollection that there might be a French one, I think it is worth contributing a Latin one for their peace of mind: terminus technicus.
Wiktionary has this entry:
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