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sound the death knell for

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sound the death knell for something

to cause something to end Everyone likes e-mail, but it hasn't sounded the death knell for snail mail quite yet.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of sound the death knell (to ring a church bell slowly to announce a person's death)

See also: death, knell, sound