unsettlements

noun

plural of unsettlement
as in convulsions

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  1. convulsions
  2. upheavals
  3. revolutions
Noun
  • Later Wednesday, Mexico City Health Secretary Nadine Gasman, told a news conference that another man, about 30, was treated by emergency personnel after suffering an epileptic seizure, convulsions, and gastrointestinal bleeding.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • It is known to cause neurological problems, convulsions and comas, with children particularly at risk.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of convulsions
Noun
  • The cyclical reality awaiting ‘naive capital’ Allianz is far from the only insurer to have prospered through recent upheavals.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • Not every government will experience Ethiopia’s dramatic upheavals.
    — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of upheavals
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  • Even Flynn, a high school history teacher whose curriculum recounts the cyclical nature of wars and revolutions, needed to believe in that possibility of a reprieve, despite reiterating death’s inevitability in the classroom.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
  • Since the founders put their names to the Declaration of Independence, there have been revolutions in science, technology, medicine, art and literature.
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Definition of revolutions
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“Unsettlements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsettlements. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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