Thesaurus results for SPASMS

spasms

noun

plural of spasm

as in cramps

a painful sudden tightening of a muscle he suffers terribly from back spasms

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as in bursts

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling a spasm of love that he had never experienced before

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Recent Examples of spasms Witt dealt with back spasms and a knee sprain during the summer. — Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026 At 8 months, the child was also diagnosed with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy. — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Seventeen safety incidents were logged, eight tied directly to the device, mostly skin irritation and muscle spasms, plus one fall with no injury. — New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026 Tua Tagovailoa was slated to start the season and then started having oblique spasms days before the opener and also missed those two games. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 In 2022, she was diagnosed with the rare and progressive autoimmune and neurological disorder — which can cause muscle rigidity, mobility issues, painful spasms and shortness of breath. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026 Rockies third baseman Kyle Karros was a late scratch with back spasms. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 In 2022, Dion was diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, a rare, debilitating progressive neurological disorder that causes muscle rigidity and spasms so violent Dion broke ribs. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026 After Tua Tagovailoa had back spasms in Thursday’s practice, Rush had little opportunity to get reps with the starters and to be ready for the game on short notice. — Rod Beard, AJC.com, 13 Sep. 2026

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Noun

People infected with salmonella can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and stomach cramps, the CDC said.

— Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
When play resumed Ollie Gordon II, who left the game with cramps in the third quarter, returned to the field.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of cramps

Noun

But more appealing to me were the smaller bursts of creativity.

— Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Nobody is more confident working with the Kings than Colter, whose swagger and comfort with bursts of goofiness are well-deployed, albeit with less emotional range in the early-going.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of bursts

Noun

The shoot involved firing blanks and igniting explosions, theatrics that shocked the film’s residential neighbors and spurred concerns over public safety.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
As the car drives on while dodging a series of explosions, a seemingly endless number of terrorists armed with automatic weapons shoot at it to no avail.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of explosions

Noun

There was no notice to staff that swings in blood sugar levels can cause the kind of emotional distress and behavioral outbursts that got Christian in trouble.

— Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
Foreigners have also experienced sporadic outbursts of xenophobic violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of outbursts

Noun

In the deep ocean, high water pressure can suppress explosive volcanic activity, making eruptions less destructive.

— Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
The Best Travel Photography of 2023 From the wildebeest migration in Kenya and volcanic eruptions in Iceland to shamanic rituals in Siberia.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of eruptions

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In the opening five league games under MacPhee, there have been flashes of the creative attacking routines that distinguished his best work at Villa.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Tampa Bay’s offense has shown flashes, despite the struggles of quarterback Baker Mayfield, who’s now injured and out, so rookie Jalon Daniels will make his first NFL start.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of flashes

Noun

On Friday, high temperatures across northern California will start to dip into the 90s and 80s as the evening breeze roars in with gusts above 20 mph and higher at elevation, and sit comfortably in the 70s at most by Saturday and Sunday.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Just four minutes before clearing the plane for landing, an air traffic controller had provided a wind advisory to a different flight, noting gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph) from the south.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026

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