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death-struggle

death-struggle noun: the final throes of bodily effort before dying; agony; death throes.

Noun

death-struggle (plural death-struggles)

  1. The final throes of bodily effort before dying; agony; death throes.
    • "It will cure him if he be not dead. Swift, now! Swift! The man dies!" I glanced towards him; it was true enough, Leo was in his death-struggle.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    • There was a death-struggle, during which White Fang walked around, stiff-legged and observant.1906 May–October, Jack London, White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 3 (The Gods of the Wild), page 182

Forms of death-struggle

pluraldeath-struggles

Questions about death-struggle

What does death-struggle mean?
Death-struggle means the final throes of bodily effort before dying; agony; death throes.
What part of speech is death-struggle?
Death-struggle is a noun.
What is the plural of death-struggle?
The plural of death-struggle is death-struggles.

Words near death-struggle in the dictionary

  1. death-sough
  2. death-spiral
  3. death-spirals
  4. death-stare
  5. death-stiffness
  6. death-struggle
  7. death-struggles
  8. death-wail
  9. death-wails
  10. death-watch beetle
  11. death-watch beetles

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