death knell

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noun

a harbinger of the end, death, or destruction of something.

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The horrible words rang in her ears like a death-knell; every pulse-beat repeated, "Too late!"

The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II (of 2) |Alexandre Dumas pre
It is heard on two subsequent occasions during the play, and is the death-knell of the lovers.

Shakespeare in the Theatre |William Poel
For the War cannot end till the death-knell of autocracy is sounded.

The Case For India |Annie Besant
She recognized the death-knell of her cherished expectations.

Unleavened Bread |Robert Grant

But the ghastly incident was to her as the sounding of her own death-knell.

The Swindler and Other Stories |Ethel M. Dell

British Dictionary definitions for death knell

death knell

death bell

noun

something that heralds death or destruction

a bell rung to announce a death

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death knell

Something that indicates impending failure, as in His low scores sounded the death knell for his ambitions. The noun knell, used for the ringing of a bell since at least a.d. 1000, is rarely heard today except in this figurative phrase.

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death bell

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death bell

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