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Synonyms of convulsion in English:

convulsion


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noun

1‘she's started to have convulsions’

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fit, seizure, paroxysm, spasm, attack, muscular contractions
throes
technical ictus

2convulsions‘the audience collapsed in convulsions’

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fits of laughter, paroxysms of laughter, gales of laughter, peals of laughter, uncontrollable laughter
informal hysterics, stitches

3‘the political convulsions of the mid 20th century’

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upheaval, eruption, turmoil, turbulence, disruption, agitation, disturbance, unrest, disorder, furore, upset, tumult, chaos
earthquake, cataclysm, storm
Sturm und Drang