knell


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Synonyms for knell

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for knell

to give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound

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Synonyms for knell

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something

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ring as in announcing death

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make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

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Thus we may draw a sad but profitable moral from this funeral knell."
But as the ceremony proceeded, the organ, as if stirred by the sympathies of this impressive scene, poured forth an anthem, first mingling with the dismal knell, then rising to a loftier strain, till the soul looked down upon its woe.
When the spectral procession approached the altar, each couple separated, and slowly diverged, till, in the centre, appeared a form, that had been worthily ushered in with all this gloomy pomp, the death knell, and the funeral.
And therefore I have bidden these funeral friends, and bespoken the sexton's deepest knell, and am come, in my shroud, to wed you, as with a burial service, that we may join our hands at the door of the sepulchre, and enter it together."
It was a solemn sound, and not merely for its reference to to- morrow; for he knew that in that chime the murderer's knell was rung.
Instead of focusing on manufacturing, we have turned to trading and real estate business, causing deindustrialisation which is a death knell for any economy.
Last night's defeat shamed the Tories and rang the death knell for her futile attempt to wring further concessions from Brussels.
While its senior officials claim the Supreme Court-dissolution of their party is a 'death knell for democracy' in Cambodia, Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan on Sunday hailed it as a'victory for democracy'.
Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi responded to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's sounding of the death knell for his party yesterday by insisting the Malay nationalist party still visibly existed.
The Raila-Uhuru deal has thrown NASA into a quagmire with some pundits speculating it could deal a death knell to the coalition that brings together four political parties.
Knell, who since 2014 has served as President and CEO of the National Geographic Society, will succeed Declan Moore as the new CEO of National Geographic Partners.
Experts warned plans for a business rates shake-up would be the "death knell" for many more bars.
Muhammed Naeem, 47, picked up Paul Knell, 28, of Brown Royd Avenue in Rawthorpe, in June last year for a routine trip to Dalton.
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