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knell

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knell
1. v. (intransitive) To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
2. v. To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
3. v. To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.
4. n. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
5. n. (figuratively) A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

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