| avulse | (verb) separate by avulsion | - |
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| convulse | (verb) be overcome with laughter | - |
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| (verb) make someone convulse with laughter | - |
| (verb) contract involuntarily, as in a spasm | - |
| (verb) cause to contract | - |
| (verb) move or stir about violently | Synonyms: jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss |
| (verb) shake uncontrollably | - |
| dulse | (noun) coarse edible red seaweed | Synonyms: Rhodymenia palmata |
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| impulse | (noun) the act of applying force suddenly | Synonyms: impetus, impulsion |
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| (noun) an impelling force or strength | Synonyms: momentum |
| (noun) the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber | Synonyms: nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse |
| (noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: pulsation, pulse, pulsing |
| (noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: caprice, whim |
| (noun) an instinctive motive | Synonyms: urge |
| pulse | (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: beat, heartbeat, pulsation |
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| (noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: impulse, pulsation, pulsing |
| (noun) edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.) | - |
| (noun) the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health | Synonyms: heart rate, pulse rate |
| (verb) produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses | Synonyms: pulsate |
| (verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically | Synonyms: pulsate, throb |
| (verb) drive by or as if by pulsation | - |
| repulse | (noun) an instance of driving away or warding off | Synonyms: rebuff, snub |
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| (verb) force or drive back | Synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel |
| (verb) cause to move back by force or influence | Synonyms: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel |
| (verb) be repellent to; cause aversion in | Synonyms: repel |