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Meaning of convulse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  convulse
      v 1: make someone convulse with laughter; "The comedian
           convulsed the crowd"
      2: be overcome with laughter
      3: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
         around in his bed" [syn: {convulse}, {thresh}, {thresh
         about}, {thrash}, {thrash about}, {slash}, {toss},
         {jactitate}]
      4: shake uncontrollably; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
      5: cause to contract; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
      6: contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; "The muscles in her
         face convulsed"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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