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Death knell

//dɛθ nɛl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The tolling of a bell announcing death.

    "The sound was the stroke of a bell from the tower of East Endelstow Church. […] The death-knell of an inhabitant of the eastern parish was being tolled."

  2. 2
    a bell rung to announce a death wordnet
  3. 3
    A marker, sign or omen foretelling the imminent end, death or destruction of something. broadly

    "The thought was a death-knell to Helen's last hope, and she sank down, quite overcome;[…]"

  4. 4
    an omen of death or destruction wordnet

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