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death knell

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death knell
Noun
something that heralds death or destruction
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Noun1.death knell - an omen of death or destruction
omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, presage, prodigy - a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
2.death knell - a bell rung to announce a death
death bell
bell - a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
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Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell.
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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