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What does convulse mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word convulse? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To violently shake or agitate.
  2. (transitive) To create great laughter.
  3. (intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortions of the body or limbs.
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The capacity of trivial events to convulse the media and political commentators never ceases to amaze.
So is all change for the better, like birth and death, which convulse the body.
A year later, it happened again, causing the emergency medical system to convulse into action once more.
His words echoed in the emptiness of his mind as his frail, emaciated body began to convulse and was racked by involuntary spasms.
Jessica reached for the button to summon the nurse even as Sam's body began to convulse.
The Government knows that this would convulse the country in anger.

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