throe

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noun

1. severe spasm of pain (Freq. 1)
- the throes of dying
- the throes of childbirth
• Hypernyms:
agony, suffering, excruciation
2. hard or painful trouble or struggle
- a country in the throes of economic collapse
• Hypernyms:
distress