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convulsion

noun

1 convulsion

A sudden uncontrollable attack:
— Convulsions of laughter.

synonyms: fit, paroxysm.

Roget 378: pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering etc. 828; dolour, ache; ... show more

Roget 146: revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction etc. 162; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; ... show more

Roget 173: violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness etc. adj.; effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump [U.S.], ... show more

Dutch: hevige aanval, paroxisme
Polish: napad, paroksyzm, atak

2 convulsion

Violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles.

Polish: drgawka, konwulsja

3 convulsion

A violent disturbance:
— The convulsions of the stock market.

synonyms: turmoil, upheaval.

Roget 59: disorder; derangement etc. 61; irregularity; anomaly etc. (unconformity) 83; anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness ... show more

Roget 315: agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, ... show more

4 convulsion

A physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval.


Moby thesaurus: Homeric laughter, Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abscess, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, ague, akinetic epilepsy, amok, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, apoplexy, arrest, asphyxiation, asthma ... show more.

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