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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
/ ɛ /
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 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·Ա adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of knell1
51Թ 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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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