convulse someone with something
- convulse someone with something
convulse someone with something
to cause someone to quake or jerk because of pain or emotion. (Can be physical or figurative; see examples.) •
He convulsed with abdominal pain from something he ate.
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The audience was convulsed with laughter.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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