So powerful and so fierce was he that the four of us were shaken off again and again. He appeared to have the convulsive strength of a man in an epileptic fit.
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Convulsive
//kənˈvʌlsɪv//
Synonyms for "convulsive" (15 found)
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11 translations across 7 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- convuls adj (having or producing convulsions)
- convulsiu adj (having or producing convulsions)
French
1 entries- convulsif adj (having or producing convulsions)
Galician
2 entries- convulsivo adj (having or producing convulsions)
- convulso adj (having or producing convulsions)
Italian
1 entries- convulsivo adj (having or producing convulsions)
Japanese
1 entries- 痙攣性の adj (having or producing convulsions)
Portuguese
2 entries- convulsivo adj (having or producing convulsions)
- convulso adj (having or producing convulsions)
Spanish
2 entries- convulsivo adj (having or producing convulsions)
- convulso adj (having or producing convulsions)
Sample sentences
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Then, as I approached the door, she seized my sleeve and pulled me back with convulsive strength.
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The man was up again in a moment, and with convulsive strength he seized Holmes by the throat, but I struck him on the head with the butt of my revolver, and he dropped again upon the floor.
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It seemed to me that he was making desperate efforts to restrain a convulsive attack of laughter.
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