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PRONUNCIATION OF DEATH THROES

death throes  [dɛθ θrəʊz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEATH THROES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Death throes is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEATH THROES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of death throes in the English dictionary

The definition of death throes in the dictionary is convulsive movements associated with the painful or violent death of a person or animal. Other definition of death throes is the final stage in the destruction of something.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEATH THROES


Ambrose
ˈæmbrəʊz
arose
əˈrəʊz
arrows
ˈærəʊz
brose
brəʊz
bureaux
ˈbjʊərəʊz
Burroughs
ˈbʌrəʊz
Comoros
ˈkɒməˌrəʊz
dextrose
ˈdɛkstrəʊz
Faroes
ˈfɛərəʊz
froze
frəʊz
Montrose
mɒnˈtrəʊz
narrows
ˈnærəʊz
Penrose
ˈpɛnrəʊz
primrose
ˈprɪmˌrəʊz
pros
prəʊz
prose
prəʊz
rose
rəʊz
sorrows
ˈsɒrəʊz
sucrose
ˈsjuːkrəʊz
throes
θrəʊz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEATH THROES

death mask
death metal
death notice
death penalty
death rate
death rattle
death ray
death roll
death row
death seat
death sentence
death squad
death tax
death threat
death toll
death tourist
death trap
Death Valley
death warrant
death wish

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEATH THROES

boat shoes
canvas shoes
does
dominoes
dress shoes
echoes
Faeroes
Goes
goody two-shoes
here goes
horseshoes
jelly shoes
joes
jogging shoes
mashed potatoes
on one´s toes
tap shoes
the story goes
training shoes
woes

Synonyms and antonyms of death throes in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «death throes» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEATH THROES

Find out the translation of death throes to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of death throes from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «death throes» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

垂死挣扎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agonía
570 millions of speakers

English

death throes
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौत throes
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سكرات الموت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

агония
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estertores
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্যুর শ্বাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agonie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Throes kematian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Todeskampf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

断末魔の苦しみ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단말마
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati throes
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cái chết đau đớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यू दळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölüm sümükleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agonia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

agonii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

агонія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chinurile morții
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιθανάτιο ρόγχο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doodsnikke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödskamp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dødskrampene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of death throes

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH THROES»

The term «death throes» is regularly used and occupies the 70.903 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH THROES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about death throes

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEATH THROES»

Discover the use of death throes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to death throes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor: Birth of a New Workers' ...
Longtime trade union leader and journalist Steve Early examines labor's civil wars, offering strategies for turning back labor's thirty-year decline.
Steve Early, 2011
2
Death Throes of a Dynasty: Letters and Diaries of Charles ...
The letters of Charles and Bessie Ewing provide eyewitness accounts of the social upheaval and warfare that shook turn-of-the century China.
Charles Ewing, Bessie Ewing, E. G. Ruoff, 1990
3
Even Paranoids Have Enemies: New Perspectives on Paranoia ...
Chapter. 8. Paranoia. in. institutional. life. The. death-throes. of. the. asylum. Leonard. Fagin. Governments in the United Kingdom have been pursuing a policy to replace large psychiatric hospitals with smaller community units. Whilst this has ...
Joseph H. Berke, 1998
4
Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East
... Stalingrad to Berlin, 423–27. 11. Lakowski, “Der Zusammenbruch der deutschen Verteidigung,” 537–50; Glantz and 10. Death Throes.
Stephen Fritz, 2011
5
Empire in Africa: Angola and Its Ne
The last section of the chapter was written in 2004 and draws attention to the new source material and new scholarship of the last 25 years, which have shed fresh light on the death throes of the Portuguese empire. The normal explanation for ...
Birmingham, 2009
6
The Mighty Angel: A Novel
Two weeks earlier he had been brought in in his death throes, not to the alco ward even, but to the Intensive Care Unit on the floor below; he had been laboriously treated for, and miraculously restored from, first delirium and then epilepsy.
Jerzy Pilch, 2009
7
Endkampf: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Death of the Third Reich
... one certain to end in defeat. Pressed toward the Turmberg, an ancient fortress on the eastern side of the city atop a hill 61 DEATH THROES Chapter 3.
Stephen Fritz, 2004
8
The Dramatic World of Valle-Inclán
DEATH THROES 'Memento mori.' Medieval Latin Adage In the Middle Ages, 'Be mindful of dying' became more than an adage to remind Christians of the ultimate end of all creatures. Death's power extends to all but, as became tragically ...
Robert Lima, 2003
9
Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia. Vol. 1-
The DRUIDS were said to practise a variety of divination rituals, including a method that involved observing the death throes of a human SACRIFICE ( DIODORUS SICULUS 5.31). Medieval Celtic narrative includes many descriptions of ...
John T. Koch, 2006
10
The Hidden Annals: A Thousand Years of the Kingdom of ...
HUGH, SON OF FELIM O'CONOR, 1356-1368 The Kingdom of Connaught was from this time onwards in a terminal decline, with its various war-lords locked in a state of perpetual conflict amid its death-throes, yet although the entire province ...
Vincent Byrne, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEATH THROES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term death throes is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The EU: A Wounded Beast Whose Time Has Passed
The beast is wounded – probably mortally – but it will take an inordinately long time to die and in its prolonged death throes it will devastate ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
2
How the gay marriage revolution evolved (Commentary)
While hyperbolic and bombastic in style, all polls indicate that opposition to gay marriage is, in fact, in its death throes. Since this historic ... «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
3
Which button does Merkel push — red or yellow?
... enough to sustain the shockwaves caused by the death throes of what I call the Global Minotaur: The system of neoliberal capitalism centred ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
4
David Lee: Winner
When Lee's tenure with the Warriors started -- in the death throes of the Cohan era-- this wasn't how I expected it to end. Lee arrived nearly 5 ... «Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
5
The Long Slow Death of IPv4
IPv4's death throes will continue for years to come, as there is no "flag day," no end date for IPv4. Rather, this is a transition that will take many ... «EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet, Jul 15»
6
How Greece Can Reopen Its Banks and Retain the Euro
... and the IMF) ultimately writes off more of Greece's debt, the country is in its economic death throes. And the distressing spectacle is sending ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
7
Cash is still the most popular way to pay, for now
However, cash isn't quite in its final death throes yet. As is always the way when you live within the self-preoccupied bubble of existence known ... «Econsultancy, Jul 15»
8
Angela Merkel has a red and a yellow button. One ends the crisis …
... Europe is disintegrating because its architecture was simply not sound enough to sustain the shockwaves caused by the death throes of what ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Lawsuits, Adding Enrollees Among ACA's Challenges
Among the legal cases, several are "in their death throes," noted Timothy Jost, JD, emeritus professor of law at Washington and Lee University, ... «MedPage Today, Jul 15»
10
Greek 'No' Vote Backs Angela Merkel Into A Tight Corner
Their banks are in their death throes. The ATMs are empty. On Monday (6 July), the ECB decided to maintain emergency liquidity assistance ... «Eurasia Review, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Death throes [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/death-throes>. May 2024 ».
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