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convulsive Definition


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convulse
verb
    tr & intr
    convulsed, convulsing
    1. To jerk or distort violently by or as if by a powerful spasm.
Derivative: convulsive
    Causing or affected by convulsions.
    Spasmodic.
Derivative: convulsively
adverb
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin convellere, convulsum to pull violently.



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