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A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

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  1. n. A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.
  2. v. t. To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.
  3. n. a sudden sharp feeling
  4. n. a mental pain or distress
  5. n. a sharp spasm of pain
  6. A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death. Syn. -- Agony; anguish; distress. See Agony. To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. [R.] Shak.
  7. A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitoryagony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.
  8. n:100 n. a sudden sharp feeling n. a mental pain or distress n. a sharp spasm of pain