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.