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"Knell" Definition

noun

A signal of disaster or destruction.
The sound of a bell knelling; a toll.
A stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster).
An indication of the end or the failure of something.

verb

To summon or announce by or as if by a knell.
To ring especially for a death, funeral, or disaster.
To sound in an ominous manner or with an ominous effect.

verb-intransitive

To give forth a mournful or ominous sound.
To ring slowly and solemnly, especially for a funeral; toll.

verb-transitive

To signal, summon, or proclaim by tolling.

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