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单词 convulse
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convulse

He remembers his mother convulsed with laughter.Then what felt like a surge of electricity convulsed her body.Surely his body is convulsed with pain as ours is.The country was convulsed by civil war at the time.As they approach the wall, it is hard to witness their faces, convulsed in grief.As one ghastly fact after another comes out, it is for once no journalistic exaggeration to say that a whole country is convulsed by this tragedy.
(verb) 
Definition
to shake or agitate violently
He let out a cry that convulsed his whole body.
Synonyms
shake
Shake the rugs well and hang them out.
twist
agitate
Gently agitate the water with a paintbrush.
contort
(verb) 
Olivia's face convulsed in a series of spasms.
Synonyms
twist
The car was left a mess of twisted metal.
contort
His face contorts as he screams out the lyrics.
work
His face was working in his sleep.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of agitate
Definition
to shake or stir (a liquid)
Gently agitate the water with a paintbrush.
Synonyms
stir,
beat,
mix,
shake,
disturb,
toss,
rouse,
churn
in the sense of contort
Definition
to twist or bend out of shape
His face contorts as he screams out the lyrics.
Synonyms
twist,
knot,
distort,
warp,
deform,
gnarl,
convolute,
misshape
in the sense of work
His face was working in his sleep.
Synonyms
move,
twitch,
writhe,
convulse,
be agitated

Nearby words of
convulse

  • convoke
  • convolution
  • convoy
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • convulsive
  • cook

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