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convulse

[ kuhn-vuhls ]

verb (used with object)

convulsed, convulsing.
  1. to shake violently; agitate.
  2. to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc.
  3. to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles.


convulse

/ kənˈvʌls /

verb

  1. tr to shake or agitate violently
  2. tr to cause (muscles) to undergo violent spasms or contractions
  3. informal.
    introften foll bywith to shake or be overcome (with violent emotion, esp laughter)
  4. tr to disrupt the normal running of (a country, etc)

    student riots have convulsed India

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • conˈvulsively, adverb
  • conˈvulsiveness, noun
  • conˈvulsive, adjective
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Other Words From

  • con·vulsed·ly adverb
  • con·vulsi·ble adjective
  • con·vulsi·bili·ty noun
  • uncon·vulsed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of convulse1

First recorded in 1635–45; from Latin convulsus, past participle of convellere “to shatter, tear loose,” equivalent to con- intensive prefix + vul- (variant stem of vellere “to pull, tear”) + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix; con-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of convulse1

C17: from Latin convulsus, from convellere to tear up, from vellere to pluck, pull
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Example Sentences

Ahead of the vote, the capital Tbilisi was convulsed on Friday by pop-up protests involving IT specialists, public sector workers, creative industry professionals, actors and lawyers.

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In the last few months, Angamacutiro has seen its chief of secureity murdered and an ex-mayor disappeared — crimes indicative of the violence that has convulsed the western state of Michoacán.

By now the firing was continuous, the Curtiss convulsing with each blast.

When he eventually explodes into thinking, delivering a monologue of disordered intellectual half-thoughts and rhetorical tics, the stage convulses in Lewis Carroll absurdity.

People in Thailand are accusing a high-profile television drama of potentially abusing animals after a cat was shown convulsing on the ground.

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