erschüttern — meaning in English

English meaning

• convulse verb To shake uncontrollably as your muscles jerk violently.
• jar noun A small container, usually made of glass or clay, used for storing food or other items.
• jolt verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
• shake verb To move something rapidly back and forth or up and down.

Senses

erschüttern is used for these senses in English:

• convulse (intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
• jar (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
• jolt (transitive) To shock emotionally.
• shake (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
• shake up (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To upset or distress (a person).

convulse — full definition

1. verb To shake uncontrollably as your muscles jerk violently.
2. verb To be thrown into serious political or social unrest.
3. verb To make someone shake or double over, especially from laughing very hard.
4. verb To throw something into chaos or disorder.

jar — full definition

1. noun A small container, usually made of glass or clay, used for storing food or other items.
2. verb To strike a person unpleasantly, or to clash with something in a jolting, unsettling way.

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