death knell
丧钟,丧钟声,丧钟响起
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- : a harbinger of the end, death, or destruction of something.
- : passing bell.
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Examples
Not everyone celebrated Accenture’s purchase of Droga’s agency at the time — to some it signaled a death knell for creativity.
Many reports detail how the pandemic sounded the death knell for the breakfast buffet as it brought the end of shared serving utensils.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.
The most notorious states are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where death is an acceptable legal remedy.
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
The death toll, which experts believe has been significantly undercut by secret burials, stands at 7,905.
This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.
Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
Your sacrifice shall be the agony of agonies, the death of deaths, and yet you'll find yourself unable to resist.
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.
For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.