Usually means: Punch targeting the torso area.
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  1. body blow: Merriam-Webster
  2. body blow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. body blow: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. body blow: Collins English Dictionary
  5. body-blow: Wordnik
  6. body blow: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. body blow: Wiktionary
  8. body blow: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. body blow: Dictionary.com
  10. Body Blow: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. body blow: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. body-blow: Wiktionary
  13. body blow: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Definitions from Wiktionary (body blow)

noun:  A severely injurious or damaging physical strike or impact.
noun:  (boxing) A hard punch struck to the torso.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension) A serious setback; a traumatizing event which prevents or hinders continuation of an activity.

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