Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Associated with or relating to great pain, especially the agony of death.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or occurring during the agony or death-struggle. See the extract.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
pain ofdeath
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies)
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Examples
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Roseborough was inspired by classical "agonal" sculpture -- which deals with death and the dying -- and contemporary images of war casualties for his print and video series, which imagines a video game that depicts soldiers with mortal wounds.
unknown title 2009
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Roseborough was inspired by classical "agonal" sculpture -- which deals with death and the dying -- and contemporary images of war casualties for his print and video series, which imagines a video game that depicts soldiers with mortal wounds.
unknown title 2009
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The final "depressive stage" then enter, dealing with coma, flaccid paralysis, loss of reflexes, agonal gasps, apnea, loss of vital signs, and death. 11 This depressive stage occurs due to central medullary depression and may be related to the acute depletion of neurotransmitters.
Cocaine Toxicity 2010
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A lot of this has to do with a sort of agonal element to oral poems.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Important New Translation of the Iliad: 2009
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Maybe, this is just because of agonal tendencies in the human condition– we just love to fight.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Abortion: Murder or Tragedy? Are Those the Only Options? 2009
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A moment later, the dead boy's chest heaved in a last agonal gasp, a deep groan shuddering his body, his bed, my soul.
Titrate until comfortable doyle 2008
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To wait until the last agonal breath though the monitor is asystole.
Titrate until comfortable doyle 2008
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After our last agonal gasp, our corpse quickly cools.
Mitochondrion doyle 2008
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A moment later, the dead boy's chest heaved in a last agonal gasp, a deep groan shuddering his body, his bed, my soul.
Archive 2008-10-01 doyle 2008
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After our last agonal gasp, our corpse quickly cools.
Archive 2008-12-01 doyle 2008
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