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knell
noun
1 the knell of the ship's bell:
toll, tolling, ringing, chime, clang, dong, peal, stroke, resounding, reverberation, clangor, boom;
death knell;
archaic knoll, tocsin.
2 the decision will probably toll the knell for the facility:
end, beginning of the end, presage of the end, death knell;
death sentence, death warrant;
omen, evil omen, ill omen, portent, warning.