paroxysm

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Just a day into its paroxysm, the eruption noticeably calmed down, and it seemed possible that it would die out in a matter of days.

From National Geographic • Dec. 19, 2023

In McPherson’s account, Northern support for Brown’s cause “provoked a paroxysm of anger more intense than the original reaction to the raid.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2023

It’s part jazz concert, part public paroxysm, part spiritual communion.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

Much better, the patient exclaimed, but then exploded into a paroxysm of coughing.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2022

All the pent-up emotions of a nation weary from four years of war exploded in a paroxysm, nowhere as much as in the war communities leading the home-front effort.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly