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1. (error lua exec)A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

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   му́киmúki, предсме́ртная аго́нияpredsmértnaja agónija, спазмspazm

   severe spasm of pain

2. A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

   (error lua exec, usually plural)The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.

3. Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.

4. (figuratively, usually plural)A hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task.

   hard or painful trouble or struggle

5. (obsolete)Synonym of froe (“a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood”).

1. Yanni was in the throes of another psychotic episode.

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2. Yanni was fourteen and was in the throes of teenage angst.

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3. Texenna was a town deep in the throes of Islamism.

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4. When Yanni killed Skura, he was in the throes of a severe psychotic episode.

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5. In the throes of delirium, Tom claimed that he was not Tom, but the king of Spain.

   ruВ пылу белой горячки Том утверждал, что он никакой не Том, а король испанский. — marafon

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