convulsion

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The remaining two recordings were triggered by sound or motion, but only one suggested that a muscle convulsion, a sign of seizure, had occurred.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

Even after a second convulsion of 1945, the "great" families survived.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2023

Many cryptocurrency proponents remain bullish — seeing the year’s collapse as just another convulsion in the technology’s lurch toward the future.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2022

In the middle of this convulsion, Ms. de Bonafini’s life was turned upside down.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022

At 5:12 a.m. on April 18,1906, the earth beneath San Francisco heaved inward upon itself in a titanic, magnitude 7.8 convulsion.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand