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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
convulse /kənˈvʌls/

▶verb suffer convulsions.

■ (of an emotion or physical stimulus) cause to make sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements.

– derivatives
convulsive adjective,
convulsively adverb.

– origin C17: from L. convuls-, convellere ‘pull violently, wrench’.

'convulsive' also found in these Oxford entries:

convulse - gasp - sob - spasm - whooping cough

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