1. a sudden, violent, uncontrollable movement of the body or limbs
Usage: medical
2. a violent social, political, or natural upheaval

Examples

• The patient experienced convulsions during the high fever.
• The medication helped control her epileptic convulsions.
• The political convulsion lasted for months after the election.
• Economic convulsions shook the entire region.
• The earthquake caused convulsions throughout the city.
• His body went into convulsions from the poisoning.
• The revolution created social convulsions across the country.