/ θrəʊz; NAmE θroʊz/ noun
[ pl. ] violent pains, especially at the moment of death :
The creature went into its death throes.
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IDIOMS
- in the throes of sth / of doing sth
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English throwe (singular); perhaps related to Old English thrēa , thrawu calamity , influenced by thrōwian suffer .