Convulse

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  • intransitive verb. To shake or agitate violently: synonym: agitate.
  • intransitive verb. To disturb or upset severely.
  • intransitive verb. To affect with irregular and involuntary muscular contractions; throw into convulsions.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to shake with laughter or strong emotion.
  • intransitive verb. To become affected by convulsions; shake.
  • intransitive verb. To be disturbed or upset.
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To violently shake or agitate.
  • verb. To create great laughter.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be overcome with laughter
  • verb. cause to contract
  • verb. move or stir about violently
  • verb. make someone convulse with laughter
  • verb. contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
  • verb. shake uncontrollably
  • Word Usage
    "Which wasn’t too bad until I noticed it was absolutely everywhere and started to convulse from the overdose."
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    afflict  agitate  agitate  agonize  ail  
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