violently ill

idiom

US
: so nauseated so as to cause one to vomit
He became violently ill.

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Say, for example, just feeing a bit 'off' rather than violently ill. New Atlas, 5 Feb. 2025 Authorities said that without her medicine, Giselle quickly began feeling violently ill, WFTV and FOX 35 Orlando reported, citing unspecified court documents. Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024 The way the resort’s handful of guests sometimes wander around in stupors before becoming violently ill is enough to make Gretchen suspect something is amiss. Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2024 Dozens of hikers visiting Havasupai Falls at the bottom of the Grand Canyon have reported falling violently ill with a mysterious sickness. Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for violently ill 

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“Violently ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/violently%20ill. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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