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What (who) is death throes - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Throes; The Throe; The Throes (disambiguation)
death throes
also death-throes
1.
The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends. (LITERARY)
N-PLURAL: usu with poss
2.
If a person or animal is in their death throes, they are dying and making violent, uncontrolled movements, usually because they are suffering great pain.
N-PLURAL: oft in poss N
Death (Marvel Comics)
![Captain Marvel]]'' (1982). Art by [[Jim Starlin]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DeathofCaptainMarvel.jpg?width=200 "Captain Marvel]]'' (1982). Art by [[Jim Starlin]].")
FICTIONAL CHARACTER THAT APPEARS IN COMIC BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MARVEL COMICS
Death (Marvel character); Marvel Death; Mistress Death; Death (Marvel comics)
Death (distinguished as Mistress Death or Lady Death) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a cosmic entity based on the personification of death.
throes
1.
If someone is experiencing something very unpleasant or emotionally painful, you can say that they are in the throes of it, especially when it is in its final stages. (FORMAL)
...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.
N-PLURAL: usu prep N, N of n
2.
If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it. (FORMAL)
The country is in the throes of a general election...
PREP-PHRASE
3.
see also death throes
Wikipedia
The Throes
The Throes may refer to:
- The Throes (album), 2004 album by Two Gallants
- The Throes (band), alternative rock band
- "Throes", a song by Phinehas from the album The Last Word Is Yours to Speak
Examples of use of death throes
1. Are the manifest death throes of the Communist monoliths manageable?
2. Many thought the Labour Party was in its death throes.
3. No ‘death throes‘ Myers, who is scheduled to retire in two months, appeared to counter recent remarks by Vice–President Dick Cheney, who said the Iraqi uprising was in its death throes.
4. But without Yeltsin, the death throes of that terrible dictatorship could have been far worse.
5. But the school‘s death throes this summer ended a prolonged decline of about 10 years.