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apoplexy

noun as in loss of consciousness fromblockage in vein or artery

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The question then becomes whether right-wing apoplexy about Obamacare grows or fades between 2014 and 2016.

However, if asked to bet whether right-wing apoplexy will grow or shrivel, the smart money obviously has to say the former.

William Oxberry, the comedian, died by apoplexy, the consequence of over living.

He has taken my dedication with a stately silence that has surprised me into apoplexy.

It has often been noted that people who suffer from apoplexy may have peculiar affections of their memory.

After several attacks of apoplexy, he was conveyed to the military hospital, where in a brief period he died.

And the Nabob loosened his cravat about his neck, swollen like an apoplexy by his emotion and the heat of the room.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to apoplexy, such as: occlusion, seizure, stroke, and thrombosis.

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

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