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   throes

   /THrōz/

   plural

   • 1. intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change: "he convulsed in his death throes"

   Word Origin Middle Englishthrowe (singular); perhaps related to Old English thrēa, thrawu ‘calamity’, influenced by thrōwian ‘suffer’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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