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convulsion
 
NOUN:1. The condition of being physically agitated: agitation, commotion, turbulence. See CALM. 2. A momentous or sweeping change: cataclysm, revolution, upheaval. See CHANGE. 3. A condition of anguished struggle and disorder: paroxysm, throe (used in plural). See CALM.
 
 
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