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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Convulsion
/kənˈvʌlʃən/
Synonyms for "convulsion" (304 found)
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Closest matches (61)
abdominal epilepsyabscessaccessacquired epilepsyactivated epilepsyaffect epilepsyagueakinetic epilepsyamokanemiaankylosisanoxiaapneaapoplexyarrestasphyxiationasthmaataxiaatrophyattack
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autonomic epilepsybackachebelly laughblazebleedingblennorheablockadeblockagebloodless revolutionboffboffolabouleversementbreakdownbreakupburstburst of laughtercachexiacachexycachinnationcacklecardiac epilepsycat fitcataclysmcatastrophechillchillschortlechuckleclamorclean slateclean sweepclimaxclonic spasmclonuscoliccommotioncomputer revolutionconniptionconniption fit
Strong matches (91)
constipationcortical epilepsycoughingcounterrevolutioncrampcrowcursive epilepsycyanosiscyclonedebaclederangementdiarrheadiastrophismdisarrangementdisasterdiscomposuredislocationdisorderdisorganizationdisturbance
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diurnal epilepsydizzinessdownfalldropsyduck fitdysenterydyspepsiadyspneaearthquakeeclampsiaedemaemaciationepilepsiaepilepsia graviorepilepsia majorepilepsia minorepilepsia mitiorepilepsia nutansepilepsia tardaepilepsyepitasiseruptionexplosionfaintingfallfalling sicknessfatiguefermentfeverfibrillationfitfit of angerfit of laughterfit of temperflare upflare-upfluxfocal epilepsyfrenzyfurorfurygalegales of laughtergigglegrand malgripgrowthguffawgustha haha-hahaute malhearty laughhee-hawhee-heehemorrhagehigh blood pressurehilarityho hoho-hohomeric laughterhorselaughhurricanehydropshypertension
Noun(6 words)
Related words (152)
hypotensionhysterical epilepsyicterusictusindigestioninflammationinsanityinsomniairruptionitchingjacksonian epilepsyjaundicelabored breathinglarval epilepsylaryngeal epilepsylaryngospasmlatent epilepsylaughlaughinglaughter
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lockjawlow blood pressurelumbagomarasmusmatutinal epilepsymenstrual epilepsymisarrangementmurderous insanitymusicogenic epilepsymyoclonous epilepsynasal dischargenauseanecrosisnocturnal epilepsyocclusionorgasmoutbreakoutburstoutburst of laughteroutcryoverthrowoverturnpainpalace revolutionparalysisparoxysmpassionpeal of laughterperturbationpetit malphysiologic epilepsyprostrationprurituspsychic epilepsypsychokinesiapsychomotor epilepsyquakequakingradical changeragerashreflex epilepsyrevoltrevolutionrevolutionary warrevulsionrheumrisibilityroar of laughterrockingrolandic epilepsyrotatoriasabotagesclerosisseizuresensory epilepsyserial epilepsysexual climaxshakingshockshoutshout of laughtershriekshuddershufflingskin eruptionsneezingsnickersniggersnortsorespasmstoppagestormstriking alterationstrokesubversionsweeping changetabestabula rasatachycardiatantrumtardy epilepsytechnological revolutiontee heetee-heetemblortemper tantrumtempesttetanustetanythroesthromboembolismthrombosistidal wavetittertonic epilepsytonic spasmtornadotorsion spasmtotal changetotteringtransiliencetraumatic epilepsytremblingtrismustsunamitumortumultucinate epilepsyupheavalupsetupset stomachupturnvertigoviolent changevisitationvomitingwastingwaxwhirlwindyuckyuk-yuk
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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4 entrieseconomic upheavalfebrile convulsionspolicy upheavaltonic-clonic convulsions
Collocations
6 entriesepileptic convulsionsfebrile convulsionsgeneralized convulsionsmuscular convulsionspediatric convulsionstonic-clonic convulsions
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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.
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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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