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Throe Common

Throe has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

severe spasm of pain

"the throes of dying"

"the throes of childbirth"

2

hard or painful trouble or struggle

"a country in the throes of economic collapse"

3

A pang, spasm.

Verb
1

To put in agony.

Example Sentences
"the throes of dying" noun
"the throes of childbirth" noun
"a country in the throes of economic collapse" noun
See Also
frow throw shingle pang tool throes spasm
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
agony distress
Rhyming Words
roe froe faroe beroe munroe monroe ochroe cod roe mcenroe euphroe renfroe shad roe soft roe jane roe hard roe protheroe edible roe genus beroe herring roe death throe
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