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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
/ nɛl /
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 Words From
- un·knelled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of knell1
Word History and Origins
Origin of knell1
Idioms and Phrases
see death knell .Example Sentences
The study also warned that AI’s power to store data might sound the death knell for the culture around traditional music.
But Superior Court Judge Deborah Servino curtailed that line of evidence, which the Andersons saw as the death knell for their case.
"Frankly, if they do this, it will be the death knell of the pub," Mr Farage added.
The incoming heat could also be the death knell for the remainder of the state’s snowpack, which has dwindled to about 44% of normal for this time of year after peaking in April.
Then habitat loss and poorly managed grazing in Eryri were the final death knell for the plant.
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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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