paroxysmal
adjective
sudden and uncontrolled.
paroxysmic
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a variation of
paroxysmal.
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a word derived from
paroxysm.
paroxysmnounany sudden, uncontrollable outburst; a fit of emotion or action: a paroxysm of laughter; The war unleashed a paroxysm of violence.
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In a sequence on spring, time-stop and photomicrography have been used to develop the writhing upward and explosive unfurling and blooming of plants, a boiling of sap, a paroxysmic pulsing and dancing of all creation.
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