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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’s hard to pin down the moment in “Oh, Mary!,” a comedy about Mary Todd Lincoln, that will send Lincoln scholars and purists into apoplexy.

From New York Times Feb. 7, 2024

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

The doctor said it was an apoplexy brought on by the fire.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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