In one stroke, farmers will go from $100,000 in revenues to nothing.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms at a (single) stroke or in a stroke:
Rejecting the treaty would undo years of effort in a stroke.
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at one stroke
All at once, with a single decisive or powerful action. When the economy crashed, thousands lost their jobs, their homes, and their pensions at one stroke.
at one stroke
Also, at one blow; at a stroke or blow ; in one stroke or blow . At the same time, with one forceful or quick action. For example, I managed to please both buyer and seller at one stroke. The first term is the older version, so used by Chaucer; at one blow was used by Shakespeare.
at a/one (single) ˈstroke
(something happens) as a result of one sudden action or event: All my problems were solved at a stroke when an aunt left me some money.