convulse

vt sukasuka, tikisa sana the country was ~d by civil war nchi ilitikiswa na vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe be ~d with laughter angua kicheko be ~d with anger fura kwa hasira. convulsion n 1 (violent disturbance) msukosuko, machafuko. 2 kicheko cha kuvunja mbavu. 3 mtukutiko wa maungo (kwa kifafa, dege, mashetani n.k.). convulsive adj.