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   convulse

   /kənˈvʌls/

   verb

   • 1. suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs: "she convulsed, collapsing to the floor with the pain"
   • ▪ (of an emotion, laughter, or physical stimulus) cause (someone) to make sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements: "she rocked backwards and forwards, convulsed with helpless mirth"
   • 2. throw (a country) into violent social or political upheaval: "a wave of mass strikes convulsed the Ruhr, Berlin, and central Germany"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin convuls- ‘pulled violently, wrenched’, from the verb convellere, from con- ‘together’ + vellere ‘to pull’.

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