convulsion

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas
US /kənˈvʌlʃən/
noun Freq #68255

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a violent disturbance

    The convulsions of the stock market.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a violent disturbance turmoil
More throecataclysmseizurespasm
Word family
Forms convulsions
Derived forms anticonvulsionconvulsionalconvulsionaryconvulsionismconvulsionistelectroconvulsionhemiconvulsionphotoconvulsion
Related forms convulsantconvulseconvulsive

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.

convulsiō Latin
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