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apoplexy

[ap-uh-plek-see] / ˈæp əˌplɛk si /
NOUN
loss of consciousness fromblockage in vein or artery
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It tended to be Thorgerson, by all accounts a stubborn genius, driving the record executives to apoplexy.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

The ease with which Levin moves from apoplexy to calm tells me that the rage is a rhetorical flourish that substitutes for the logic his arguments lack.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2020

“If you’re going to dismiss everything as a hoax, you’d better have something clear to replace it,” he said, his voice rising toward apoplexy.

From The New Yorker ● May 30, 2018

Just as every generation prepares to hand the keys over to the next, its more bitter and resentful members demonstrate the apocalyptic apoplexy of self-centered illusion.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2016

After dinner, Lady Seymour had a frightful seizure of the apoplexy.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson


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