n. 25B6; noun
she had convulsions : FIT, seizure, paroxysm, spasm, attack; throes; Medicine ictus.
( convulsions ) the audience collapsed in convulsions : FITS OF LAUGHTER, paroxysms of laughter, uncontrollable laughter; informal hysterics.
the political convulsions of the period : UPHEAVAL, eruption, cataclysm, turmoil, turbulence, tumult, disruption, agitation, disturbance, unrest, disorder.