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knell

verb as in chime

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And he warned the chancellor's Budget would "be the death knell to the British pub".

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R360 'would be death knell for club rugby around the world'

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Now its crash was like a death knell.

UC President James B. Milliken said the announced cuts would be a “death knell for innovative work that saves lives, grows our economy and fortifies our national security.”

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Industrial automation in the 1970s, for example, was considered the death knell for American manufacturing that would lead to waves of unemployment and the loss of U.S. economic leadership.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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