knell
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9.9
- noun
- /nɛl/
- Literature
:
toque fúnebre
- I cannot doubt that this situation would be the death knell to our tenuous relationship.
- death knell
Like that could really, that could have been a death knell for the Bitcoin network.
- Like that could really, that could have been a death knell for the Bitcoin network.
- He laid the death knell for capitalism.
- If we stay, will we be forced to sign TTIP, which if we do, will be the death knell of the NHS?
- Kitty Hawk was the last death knell of anything authentic going on in the, in the, in the Soviet Russian division or, or in the CIA.
- And they're currently so much better at that than you that it's just a death knell.
Examples
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Afghanistan ended up being the death knell of the Soviet Empire.
Blog text (5) -
Pundits have again been sounding the death knell for the United Nations.
Academic text (2003) -
The death knell of our dreams.
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Someone else mentioned that this is likely the death knell for the Big East.
Blog text (25) -
Medical history, in a sense, one could argue, was one factor that helped to sound the death knell of the old regime.
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You might as well sound the death knell for HTC if you are in the U.S.
Blog text (23) -
The unification of the two regions will be a death knell for the minorities in the region.
Academic text (1995) -
Historically, that has always been the death knell of all totalitarian regimes.
Blog text (9) -
In the end, depletion of easily mined fossil water sounded the death knell of the Garamantian kingdom.
Academic text (2004) -
The church bell rang with a mournful knell as the funeral procession began.
Synonyms
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1.0
The sound a bell or phone makes when struck
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1.7
A clear musical ringing sound made by a bell or a set of bells
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6.3
The slow deep sound a bell makes when hit
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5.8
A deep sound a large bell or clock makes when it rings
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3.3
A sound made by bells during a ceremony or musical performance
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7.7
A deep long sound like thunder or large bells
A bell rung to announce someone's death
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Etymology
Knell names the slow, sad 'sound of a bell' used to announce a death or the end of something; it comes from an old English word that copied the long bell noise, so a knell still feels like a final, mournful signal.