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English to English noun
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severe spasm of pain |  | Example: the throes of dying
the throes of childbirth
source: wordnet30
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hard or painful trouble or struggle | | Example: a country in the throes of economic collapse
source: wordnet30
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Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize. | | source: webster1913
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To put in agony. | | source: webster1913
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