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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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So is an change for the better, like birth and death which convulse the body.
Jessica reached for the button to summon the nurse even as Sam's body began to convulse.
The newborn's body may stiffen or arch and he or she may convulse when stimulated by light, sound or being touched.
Signs you may see are confusion, loss of balance, the animal may go into shock, or it could convulse.
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.

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