Throe


noun
1.
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
2.
a sharp attack of emotion.
3.
throes.

any violent convulsion or struggle:
the throes of battle.
the agony of death.
the pains of childbirth.

noun
1.
(rare) a pang or pain
see: in the throes

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