A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Strife, contention, great effort.
To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
a period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties
an agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time