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    convulse
    /kənˈvʌls/

    verb

    • 1. suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs: "she convulsed, collapsing to the floor with the pain"
    • 2. throw (a country) into violent social or political upheaval: "a wave of mass strikes convulsed the Ruhr, Berlin, and central Germany"

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