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throe

Noun

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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Middle English throwe, maybe from Old English þrēa, thrawu (threat); related to Greek τραῦμα (wound).

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Noun

  1. severe spasm of pain

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