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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

But quailing at the thought of Strauss’s certain apoplexy at his withdrawal, he chose to put off the uncomfortable conversation until the last minute.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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