[pl.] violent pains, especially at the moment of death:
The creature went into its death throes.
IDIOMS
in the throes of sth / of doing sth in the middle of an activity, especially a difficult or complicated one:
The country was in the throes of revolutionary change. * We're in the throes of moving to a new office, so the place is in chaos at the moment.
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