convulsion
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- n a sudden uncontrollable attack
convulsions of laughter - n violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles
- n a violent disturbance
the convulsions of the stock market - n a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval
- Up the coast from Aden, Yemen had its own convulsion.
- But, says Klein, "the arm was too far in the mouth to remove it," particularly with the shark still in violent convulsion.
- What has been called "the cheerful insanity of Chicago politics" last fortnight achieved a convulsion that had long been promised.