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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | turmoil, upheaval |
| Type of | commotion, disruption, disturbance, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do, flutter |
the convulsions of the stock market.
convulsion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | trouble |
convulsion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ictus, raptus, seizure |
| Has types | epileptic seizure, clonus |
| Derivation | convulse |
Examples of convulsion
convulsion
In a convulsion of rage that day, he attacked her when she returned from a walk.
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Anything that causes a fever, such as a virus, can lead to a febrile convulsion.
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The only certainty is that the convulsion for that franchise is just beginning.
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The victims often had what sounded like a convulsion when the demon was cast out.
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His latest discovery may well touch off an even greater electronic convulsion.
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The convulsion brought on by the worldwide depression resulted in the rise of Nazism.
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The economy would have a convulsion if the Fed didn't inject more credit.
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A great convulsion is shaking the earth from the Khyber Pass to the Straits of Gibraltar.
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That Red China was undergoing a convulsion of historic proportion could not be doubted.
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- Paroxysm: a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter"
- Violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles
- A violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
- A physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval
- (convulsive) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"
- (convulsive) resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter"
- A convulsion is a medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body. Because a convulsion is often a symptom of an epileptic seizure, the term convulsion is sometimes used as a synonym for seizure. ...
- (Convulsions) Violent, involuntary contractions or series of contractions of the voluntary muscles.
- (Convulsions) Break a pot or dish in front of the child to drive away the demon of convulsions (Galicia; "Urquell," ii. 33). Prick the finger of the child with a needle, suck blood therefrom, spit thrice, and then put some of the mother's blood in the child's mouth (ib.).
