violent convulsion

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Describes a convulsion that is very strong and uncontrolled.

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  • The high fever caused the child to suffer a violent convulsion.
  • The patient was writhing on the floor, experiencing a series of violent convulsions.
  • He had a history of epilepsy, characterized by sudden and violent convulsions.
  • If someone has a violent convulsion, do not try to restrain them.
  • A violent convulsion shook his entire body, leaving him utterly exhausted.
  • The country was gripped by the violent convulsions of civil war.
  • He was suddenly seized by a violent convulsion of laughter.
  • Certain neurotoxins are known to induce violent convulsions upon exposure.
  • The data shows that the drug's side effects have included violent convulsions in rare cases.
  • The earth shuddered in a violent convulsion as the fault line shifted.