apoplexy
a sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel.
a hemorrhage into an organ cavity or tissue.
a state of extreme anger.
Origin of apoplexy
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How to use apoplexy in a sentence
The question then becomes whether right-wing apoplexy about Obamacare grows or fades between 2014 and 2016.
The Best Republican Efforts Are Not Enough to Defund Obamacare | Michael Tomasky | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, if asked to bet whether right-wing apoplexy will grow or shrivel, the smart money obviously has to say the former.
The Best Republican Efforts Are Not Enough to Defund Obamacare | Michael Tomasky | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWilliam Oxberry, the comedian, died by apoplexy, the consequence of over living.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHe has taken my dedication with a stately silence that has surprised me into apoplexy.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonIt has often been noted that people who suffer from apoplexy may have peculiar affections of their memory.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
After several attacks of apoplexy, he was conveyed to the military hospital, where in a brief period he died.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoAnd the Nabob loosened his cravat about his neck, swollen like an apoplexy by his emotion and the heat of the room.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for apoplexy
/ (ˈæpəˌplɛksɪ) /
sudden loss of consciousness, often followed by paralysis, caused by rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel in the brain
Origin of apoplexy
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