5
dying(adjective, last, final, ultimate, weakening)
5
moribund(adjective, last, failing, final, ultimate)
3
desperate
3
expiring
2
done for
2
facing death
2
going
2
sorely pressed
1
sinking
1
slipping away
1
gasp
1
hard-pressed
1
hard pressed
1
hard up
1
hopeless
1
imperiled
1
in a predicament(expression, idiom)
1
in articulo mortis(expression, idiom)
1
in danger
1
in desperate case(expression, idiom)
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