throe

Noun
  1. Severe spasm of pain (synset 114348081)
    "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth"
    is a type of: agony, excruciation, suffering - a state of acute pain
  2. Hard or painful trouble or struggle (synset 114500791)
    "a country in the throes of economic collapse"
    is a type of: distress - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

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