D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

pang

/(păng)/ · IPA /pæŋ/
01 n. A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.
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    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.
02 v. t. To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.
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    To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.[R.]