tocsin [ tok-sin ]
noun
1. a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
2. a bell used to sound an alarm.
WORDS RELATED TO TOCSIN
alert, bell, horn, sign, signal, siren, warning
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Origin: 1580–90; < Middle French < Provençal tocasenh literally, (it) strikes (the) bell, equivalent to toca, 3rd singular present of tocar to strike, touch + senh bell, sign
HOW TO USE TOCSIN IN A SENTENCE
Come on, stand up, brother, father, toll the tocsin [alarm bell]!
UKRAINE SEPARATISTS' PRO-PUTIN RAPS|OLEG SHYNKARENKO|JUNE 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet, so curiously constituted is the native mind, the blowing-up of the magazine was the final tocsin of revolt.
THE RED YEAR|LOUIS TRACY
The thunder was the tocsin of the storm, but those who came to rob and kill moved unheralded in swift silence.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942|VARIOUS
Yon deep bell tolls no matin—'tis the tocsin's hurried blare!
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.|VARIOUS
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