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convulse::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss |
| Type of | agitate, shake |
| Has types | whip |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | express joy, laugh, express mirth |
| Derivation | convulsive |
convulse::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | amuse |
| Derivation | convulsive, convulsion |
The comedian convulsed the crowd.
Examples of convulse
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To be sure, fabric can't talk or cause a scandal or convulse the blogosphere.
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The latest SimMan 3G can cry, bleed, convulse and suffer cardiac arrest.
From the post-gazette.com
They cough and hack, and then they sicken, convulse and die in every corner of the Earth.
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The slot canyon's walls, formed from sandstone, convulse into elaborate abstract shapes.
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Mr Gumeringer said Keira began to convulse, as if she was having a fit.
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The ruinous effects of carelessness in one company can convulse entire sectors of society.
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The stage slowly fills with dancers who dance and convulse to the electronica style music.
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His hands convulse into claws, issuing from dislocated shoulders.
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The nurses are still laughing as he begins to convulse.
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- Make someone convulse with laughter; "The comedian convulsed the crowd"
- Be overcome with laughter
- Move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
- Shake uncontrollably; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
- Cause to contract; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
- An epileptic seizure, occasionally referred to as a fit, is defined as a transient symptom of "abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain". The outward effect can be as dramatic as a wild thrashing movement (tonic-clonic seizure) or as mild as a brief loss of awareness. ...
- Convulse is a Finnish death metal band from Nokia, Finland, active between 1988 and 1994 and again since 2012. They were one of their country's first extreme metal bands and considered by some to be the forefathers of the local 'Nokia' metal scene.
- To violently shake or agitate; To create great laughter
