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convulsiveadjective marked by sudden or violent disturbancethe assassination of Martin Luther King was one of the most convulsive events of the 1960s cataclysmal(or cataclysmic), stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent fitful, spasmodic, sporadicboisterous, clamorous, furious, noisy, riotous calm, peaceful, placid, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activityafter a day of convulsive trading, the stock market was down 300 points bang-bang, blood-and-guts, cyclonic, explosive, ferocious, fierce, furious, hammer-and-tongs, hot, knock-down, drag-out(or knock-down-and-drag-out), paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, violent, volcanic barbarous, brutal, savage, viciousantagonistic, hostileaggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculentcombustible, volatileagitated, frantic, frenzied, madcataclysmal(or cataclysmic), destructive, ruinous nonviolent, peaceable, peaceful calm, halcyon, pacific, serene, tranquilnonbelligerent, unaggressive fitful, spasmodic, convulsive mean lacking steadiness or regularity in movement.fitful implies intermittence, a succession of starts and stops or risings and fallings.fitful sleep spasmodic adds to fitful the implication of rapid or violent activity alternating with inactivity.spasmodic growth convulsive suggests the breaking of regularity or quiet by uncontrolled movement.convulsive shocks in 1615 |