knell
IPA: nˈɛɫ
noun
- The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
- (figuratively) A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
- (transitive) To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
- (transitive) To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.
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Examples of "knell" in Sentences
- Is this the death knell of my bot
- The town's death knell came in 1918.
- So it's the death knell of this country.
- This is not the death knell of the English language.
- This was generally seen as the death knell of the era.
- I considered it at once to be the death knell of the union.
- The manner of ringing the knell varied in different parishes.
- This decision essentially was the death knell for the poll tax in Virginia.
- Industry commentators cite this as the death knell for the with profits policy.
- A reversal of Soviet collapse would have been the death knell for the new order.
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