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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chime |
| Synonyms: | bell, proclaim, ring, signal, sound, summon, toll, warning |
| Main Entry: | elegy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirge |
| Synonyms: | death song, funeral song, knell, lament, plaint, requiem, threnody |
| Main Entry: | peal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chime, clang |
| Synonyms: | bell, bong, crack, crash, knell, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, ring out, roar, roll, rumble, sound, strike, thunder, tintinnabulate, toll |
Example Sentences
- It wasn't a death knell for the mob or a great precedent for the law books.
- But last week's global crash should not sound the death knell for international diversification.
- The loss of ice would also be a death knell for polar bears, which rely on ice to hunt and raise their young.
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chime, bell-like noise |
| Synonyms: | buzz, call, clangor, clank, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, reverberation, tinkle, toll, vibration |
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chime; make bell-like noise |
| Synonyms: | bang, beat, bong, buzz, clang, clap, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, play, pull, punch, resonate, resound, reverberate, sound, strike, tinkle, tintinnabulate, toll, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | toll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ring out |
| Synonyms: | announce, bell, bong, call, chime, clang, knell, peal, signal, sound, strike, summon, warn |
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