convulsion

Definition

An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "Earthquakes and convulsions of nature shake Earth on a regular basis."
• "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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