convulse

convulse is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain. With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame. Macaulay.

[2] To agitate greatly; to shake violently. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay.

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