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convulse

verb as in disturb

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Britain has been convulsed by occasional protests over the issue, usually following an alleged criminal incident by a migrant.

He had earlier suggested "everlasting peace" had been grasped under his tutelage, in a region long convulsed by violence.

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For months in 2024 — shortly after the onset of the deadliest and most destructive war between Israelis and Palestinians in history — college campuses in the U.S. convulsed in often confrontational protests.

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That exchange didn't happen, of course, because when the two men came side-by-side, the pair of them seemed lost for words as Hampden convulsed all around them.

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Many residents said they think the president may be confusing what is happening in Portland now with a period in 2020 in which the city was briefly convulsed over Black Live Matter protests.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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