as in upheavals
a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)
the Russian Revolution was one of the major convulsions of the 20th century
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Recent Examples of convulsions
Symptoms include confusion, headaches, stiff neck, loss of balance, and convulsions.
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Mcclatchy Media, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Neurological symptoms may occur, too, like a stiff neck, disorientation, or convulsions.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 5 Nov. 2025
Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
—Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Symptoms of listeriosis include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, loss of balance and convulsions.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Symptoms can be severe and include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, sometimes following gastrointestinal symptoms.
—News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Symptoms of the more serious illness include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis, according to the CDC.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
An hour later, Bradley Fullerton’s cellmate sought help because Fullerton was having convulsions, according to the filing.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
At the end of almost 4 billion years, on a planet bereft of complex life, the Earth had been suddenly throttled by the most extreme convulsions of the carbon cycle in its entire history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Mcclatchy Media, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Neurological symptoms may occur, too, like a stiff neck, disorientation, or convulsions.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 5 Nov. 2025
Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
—Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Symptoms of listeriosis include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, loss of balance and convulsions.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Symptoms can be severe and include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, sometimes following gastrointestinal symptoms.
—News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Symptoms of the more serious illness include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis, according to the CDC.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
An hour later, Bradley Fullerton’s cellmate sought help because Fullerton was having convulsions, according to the filing.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
At the end of almost 4 billion years, on a planet bereft of complex life, the Earth had been suddenly throttled by the most extreme convulsions of the carbon cycle in its entire history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convulsions
Noun
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Each storm sparked a wave of scientific inquiry, until, in the early twentieth century, scientists finally understood why electrifying societies had grown precariously vulnerable to environmental upheavals on the Sun.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Industry Has Handled Huge Shifts Before When discussion turned to AI, Pearn recalled earlier upheavals.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps the most startling surge is in Pakistan, which is experiencing one of the fastest solar revolutions in the world.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Where other directors, including Richard Linklater and Steven Soderbergh, have remarked on AI’s value as a tool, Miller has likened generative filmmaking to past creative revolutions, including the invention of oil paint and photography.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Convulsions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convulsions. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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