Convulse /(?)/

Con·vulse

Convulse

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Convulsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Convulsing

  1. To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.
    With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame.
  2. To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
    The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations.