Noun
- 1. knell, bell, toll
- usage: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
Verb
- 1. knell, ring, peal
- usage: ring as in announcing death
- 2. ring, knell, sound
- usage: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
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