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knell
[ nel ]
noun
- the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
- a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etc., of something:
the knell of parting day.
- any mournful sound.
verb (used without object)
- to sound, as a bell, especially a funeral bell.
- to give forth a mournful, ominous, or warning sound.
verb (used with object)
- to proclaim or summon by, or as if by, a bell.
knell
/ ²ÔÉ›±ô /
noun
- the sound of a bell rung to announce a death or a funeral
- something that precipitates or indicates death or destruction
verb
- intr to ring a knell
- tr to proclaim or announce by or as if by a tolling bell
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knell1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knell1
Idioms and Phrases
see death knell .Example Sentences
But for Le Pen, this could be the death knell of her long-cherished ambition to become French president.
The death knell was the wretched failure of Christian nationalism as a governing style.
One senior Arab source told me it could be its "death knell".
Sometimes, that celebration of energy can obfuscate the real artistic merits of a film, a director’s blinkered vision becoming a death knell.
But whether history will look back on his appearance as the well-timed heralding of another economic boom - or a death knell - remains to be seen.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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