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throe

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throe  (thr)
n.
1. A severe pang or spasm of pain, as in childbirth. See Synonyms at pain.
2. throes A condition of agonizing struggle or trouble: a country in the throes of economic collapse.
[Middle English throwe, perhaps alteration of thrawe, from Old English thrawu, genitive of thrah, pain, affliction.]
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Noun1.throe - severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth"
excruciation, suffering, agony - a state of acute pain
2.throe - hard or painful trouble or struggle; "a country in the throes of economic collapse"
distress - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"


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He pulled at it and, wrench- ing it free, swung up its red brilliancy with a mad cry of exultation even as the color bearer, gasping, lurched over in a final throe and, stiff- ening convulsively, turned his dead face to the ground.
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It was the final throe of what called itself old gentility.
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I'd have courage to live out every throe of anguish fate assigned me, and principle to contend for justice and liberty to the last.
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