Usually means: Sudden, forceful impact; metaphorical setback.
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  1. hammer blow: Collins English Dictionary
  2. hammer-blow: Wordnik
  3. Hammer blow: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. hammer blow: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. hammer blow: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  6. hammer blow: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hammer blow)

noun:  A blow with a hammer.
noun:  (rail transport) A pounding of the rails by the driving wheels of a steam locomotive caused by the inertia of unbalanced parts.

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