convulsion

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(noun.)

ADJ

violent | slight | sudden

VERB + CONVULSION

go into, have, suffer

After the seizure, the child suffered convulsions for several minutes before the medication took effect.

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CONVULSION + VERB

shake sb

The violent convulsion shook her entire body as she woke from the nightmare.

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1

An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.

1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects.

2

An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.

3

Violent turmoil.

Earthquakes and convulsions of nature shake Earth on a regular basis.

It would seem as if calm were necessary to convulsion; for the tranquillity of the last few months was again to be disturbed by political commotion.

4

Hysteric in nature.

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noun — a violent disturbance

noun — a sudden uncontrollable attack

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1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions

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Earthquakes and convulsions of nature shake Earth on a regular basis.

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It would seem as if calm were necessary to convulsion; for the tranquillity of the last few months was again to be disturbed by political commotion.

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Convulsion followed convulsion, till they closed in death, without her being able to utter a word explanatory of the fatal scene.

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