CONVULSE Copy link • CONVULSEPROPR. Cause convulsions; spasmos facere (after spasmos fieri prohibet, Plin., 30, 12, 36), and probably convellere, as convulsus is so used. IMPROP. Shake violently, convellere (e.g., rempublicam, instituta, etc.). (the words are found in this connection and order), labefactare et convellere: quatere: quassare: concutere: conquassare (to shake): percutere: percellere (to make a violent impression on anything: percutere, of a sudden, unexpected convulsion: percellere, of one, the effects of which are of long duration). To convulse the state, rempublicam convellere, quassare, concutere, labefactare, dilacerare: rempublicam atrociter agitare (Sall.): the empire, regnum concutere, labefactare; imperium percutere: to convulse the earth (Thomson), terram ingenti motu concutere. To convulse anybody with laughter, magnum, maximum, mirum risum alicui movere, concitare. To be convulsed with laughter, risu corruere (Cic.), emori (Terentianus), rumpi (Afranius, ap. Nonn.); cachinnum tollere; miros risus edere.