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throe

DEFINITIONS OF: throe

1

n hard or painful trouble or struggle

“a country in the throes of economic collapse”
Type of:
distress
a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

n severe spasm of pain

“the throes of dying”
“the throes of childbirth”
Type of:
agony, excruciation, suffering
a state of acute pain
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