violently ill

idiom

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

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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 The last thing Itō remembers from that dinner is getting violently ill in the bathroom. Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024 Video shown by Court TV appeared to show Vander Ark become violently ill after being shown photos of her son's emaciated body. CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023 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 10 Nov. 2024.

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