Convulse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To shake or agitate violently: tremors that convulsed the countryside; when civil war convulsed the nation. See Synonyms at agitate.
  • v. To affect with irregular and involuntary muscular contractions; throw into convulsions.
  • v. To cause to shake with laughter or strong emotion.
  • verb-intransitive. To become affected by or as if by convulsions; shake.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To violently shake or agitate.
  • v. To create great laughter.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • v. To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To draw or contract spasmodically or involuntarily, as the muscular parts of an animal body; affect by irregular spasms: as, his whole frame was convulsed with agony.
  • To shake; disturb by violent irregular action; cause great or violent agitation in.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be overcome with laughter
  • v. cause to contract
  • v. move or stir about violently
  • v. make someone convulse with laughter
  • v. contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
  • v. shake uncontrollably
  • Verb Form
    convulsed    convulses    convulsing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    laugh    express mirth    express joy    compress    press    compact    squeeze    contract    constrict    amuse   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tear    shake    rend    agitate    disturb    shaken   
    Same Context
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