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Meaning of death-struggle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The final throes of bodily effort before dying; agony; death throes.

Examples

“"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.”

“There was a death-struggle, during which White Fang walked around, stiff-legged and observant.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

death-watch beetle death, demise death's head moth death's herb death's-head death's-head hawkmoth