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Convulsion

//kənˈvʌlʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval wordnet
  3. 3
    An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
  4. 4
    a violent disturbance wordnet
  5. 5
    Violent turmoil.

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

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  1. 6
    violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles wordnet
  2. 7
    Hysteric in nature.
  3. 8
    a sudden uncontrollable attack wordnet

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.

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