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tocsin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | warning bell |
| Type of | bell |
tocsin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alarm bell |
| Type of | alarm, alarum, alert, warning signal |
Examples of tocsin
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Having identified the problems, the program suggests solutions-and sounds a tocsin.
From the time.com
The Bertelsmann-Pearson deal suggests that the publishers have finally heard the tocsin.
From the guardian.co.uk
Deep in the winter night, they seemed like a dismal tocsin for all who suffer in a time of war.
From the nytimes.com
You sounded the tocsin all night, you were armed all day, and you don't know what should be done.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At Beauvais the bells rang as though sounding the tocsin.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The tocsin sounds, your country calls.
From the time.com
Those who support his election with varying enthusiasm do not think of him as a tocsin-sounder for social remobilization and reform.
From the theatlantic.com
At midnight, the tocsin sounded.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A portion of the Assembly, aroused by the tocsin, had gone into emergency session under the presidentship of Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud.
From the en.wikipedia.org
When news that Brunswick had captured Verdun reached the Convention, they ordered the tocsin rung and alarm guns fired, which, without a doubt, added to the sense of panic.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The sound of an alarm (usually a bell)
- Tocsin was Xmal Deutschland's second album, released in 1984.
- To dream of hearing a tocsin sounded, augurs a strife from which you will come victorious. For a woman, this is a warning of separation from her husband or lover.
- An alarm bell ("tocsin of doom")
