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Adjective: convulsive  kun'vúl-siv
  1. Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
    "convulsive motions"
    - spasmodic, spastic
     
  2. Resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
    "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter"

See also: convulse, convulsively, unsteady, violent

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