convulsive

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Just occasionally, there are years when the world goes through some fundamental, convulsive change.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

Continuous monitoring of child deaths and improvements in health records to track how often these convulsive seizures precede death, he explains, will be needed for this to be confirmed.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

"Such crises are resolved through understanding and reliance on rationality, away from the language of emotion and convulsive populist statements that only produce more crises and tension", Sudani was quoted as telling his cabinet.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023

I think there's no question that the world is going through a really convulsive and dangerous phase.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2022

Under the table Winston’s feet made convulsive movements.

From "1984" by George Orwell