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Noun: throe  throw
  1. Severe spasm of pain
    "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth"
     
  2. Hard or painful trouble or struggle
    "a country in the throes of economic collapse"

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Derived forms: throes

Type of: agony, distress, excruciation, suffering