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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
/ ɛ /
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 Word Forms
- ܲ·Ա adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of knell1
Word History and Origins
Origin of knell1
Idioms and Phrases
see death knell .Example Sentences
This is not a "winner takes all market", says Mr Bisen, giving the example of e-commerce which came into India in 2010 and was meant to sound the death knell of local retailers.
In fact, the regular watering that most vegetables need to thrive can be a death knell to native perennials, especially in late summer, when many go dormant.
But for Le Pen, this could be the death knell of her long-cherished ambition to become French president.
The death knell was the wretched failure of Christian nationalism as a governing style.
One senior Arab source told me it could be its "death knell".
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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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