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Death knell   Listen
noun
death knell  n.  
1.
A stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death; a knell (1).
2.
Hence: (figuratively) A sign or harbinger of the end, death, or passing away of anything.





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"Death knell" Quotes from Famous Books



... wert seeking help, thy wail Rose sadder than the sound of a death knell; And thus the last of thy own ...
— Life Immovable - First Part • Kostes Palamas


Words linked to "Death knell" :   omen, portent, prognostic, prodigy, presage, bell, prognostication, death bell


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