knell

knell is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything. The dead man`s knell Is there scarce asked for who. Shak. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. Gray.

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