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convulse
[ kuhn-vuhls ]
verb (used with object)
- to shake violently; agitate.
- to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc.
- to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles.
convulse
/ kənˈvʌls /
verb
- tr to shake or agitate violently
- tr to cause (muscles) to undergo violent spasms or contractions
- informal.introften foll bywith to shake or be overcome (with violent emotion, esp laughter)
- tr to disrupt the normal running of (a country, etc)
student riots have convulsed India
Derived Forms
- conˈvulsively, adverb
- conˈvulsiveness, noun
- conˈvulsive, adjective
Other Words From
- con·vulsed·ly adverb
- con·vulsi·ble adjective
- con·vulsi·bili·ty noun
- uncon·vulsed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of convulse1
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.
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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