Apparently "the iPhone sounds the death knell for the Internet."
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Knell
/nel/
Synonyms for "knell" (149 found)
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Strong matches (45)
demisedeparturedeploredingding-a-lingdingdongdingingdingledirgedissolutiondongdongingdoomdyingebb of lifeelegizeelegyendend of lifeending
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epicediumeternal resteulogyexitexpirationextinctionextinguishmentfinal summonsfinger of deathfuneral marchfuneral orationfuneral ringfuneral songgive sorrow wordsgoinggoing offgonggravegraveside oration
Noun(6 words)
Related words (74)
grievehand of deathjanglejaws of deathjinglejingle-janglejinglejanglejinglingkeenknellinglamentlast debtlast musterlast restlast rounduplast sleepleaving lifeloss of lifemaking an endmoan
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monodymournpartingpassingpassing awaypassing bellpassing overpealpeal ringingpealingperishingquietusreleaserepinerequiemrestrewardringring changesringingsentence of deathshades of deathshadow of deathsighsing the bluessleepsomatic deathsorrowsoundsound a knellsummons of deaththrenodethrenodytingting-a-lingtingletinglingtinktinkletinklingtinnitustintinnabulatetolltollingweepweep over
Verb(1 words)
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10 entriesdeath knellend signalfinal knellfuneral bellfuneral knellfuneral tolllast knellsignal of demisesolemn knelltolling knell
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesknellingto knell
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Do the dancing maidens sleep, or are they dead? The scent of the flower says that they are corpses. The evening bell tolls their knell.
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That would sound the death knell for many industrial undertakings.
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I’ll make thee sick at heart, before I leave thee, And groan, and die indeed, and be worth nothing, Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee […]
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