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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
/ əˈʌ /
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
- Dzˈܱ, adverb
- DzˈܱԱ, noun
- Dzˈܱ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·ܱĻ· adverb
- Dz·ܱi· adjective
- Dz·ܱi·i·ٲ noun
- ܲcDz·ܱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of convulse1
Example Sentences
I’m well past that point; some of his stories and novels I’ve read dozens, even hundreds of times, and they can still make me convulse in laughter.
She remains recumbent for an entire number, singing to a skeleton, before the bones around her reveal themselves as dancers in masks, convulsing to the humongous bassline synths of “Disease.”
And so, first of all, we minimized the slavery controversy which convulsed the nation from the Missouri Compromise down to the Civil War.
At the time, China was convulsed by civil war.
After Bass spoke, anger and discontent convulsed through the webinar chat box, where residents could ask questions.
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