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throe  audio  (thr) KEY 

NOUN:
  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.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English throwe, perhaps alteration of thrawe, from Old English thrawu, genitive of thrah, pain, affliction


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