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tocsin
[ tok-sin ]
noun
- a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- a bell used to sound an alarm.
tocsin
/ ˈ³ÙÉ’°ì²õɪ²Ô /
noun
- an alarm or warning signal, esp one sounded on a bell
- an alarm bell
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tocsin1
Example Sentences
Still, few poems are more famous than “The Raven†with its dolorous tocsin, “Nevermore.â€
All over Europe and the United States, political scientists were sounding the tocsin for any balanced, values-based politics.
We have grabbed onto that great tocsin of American freedom and will not surrender it -- even if too many millions of white Americans have discarded it for cheaply made "MAGA" hats.
It blazed deep red for a moment and then dwindled into a patch of gray smoke, but it was a signal as clear as a tocsin in the night.
These statistics should prompt all rationalists to sound the proverbial tocsin with unrelenting fury.
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