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spasm

noun as in twitch, fit

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While some warn that Trump’s election will result in a spasm of street protests and violence that will allow him to invoke the Insurrection Act and crack skulls as he has long mused about doing, the bigger risk might be an immediate drift into grim resignation.

From Slate

But amid a national spasm of grief, neither Netanyahu nor Hamas gave the slightest public hint that any movement was in the offing.

Codeine, morphine, gabapentin and pregabalin are often used in the treatment of nerve pain while diazepam is used for muscle spasm.

From BBC

SPS is a rare neurological disorder that causes muscles to spasm and can be debilitating.

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The syndrome is a neurological condition that causes muscles to spasm.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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