Word: convulse
Category: convulse
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definition convulse
Synonyms: convulse
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Translations: convulse
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french
Translations:
ébranler, bouleverser, agiter, convulser
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russian
Translations:
корчить, волновать, потрясать
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finnish
Translations:
ravistella
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czech
Translations:
zmítat
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polish
Translations:
wstrząsać
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ukrainian
Translations:
потрясати, конвульсії, потрясіть, хвилювати
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estonian
Translations:
vappuma
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croatian
Translations:
uzbuditi, trzati, potresti
The meaning and "use of": convulse
verb
- (of a person) suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs. - she convulsed, collapsing to the floor with the pain
- throw (a country) into violent social or political upheaval. - a wave of mass strikes convulsed the Ruhr, Berlin, and central Germany