heart attack

Noun

Meaning

a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

attack start stroke angina heart shock seizure coronary scare fright angina pectoris thrombosis heart block cardiac heart failure

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Antonyms

fortitude security faith spirit confidence nerve

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Hypernyms

attack heart failure coronary failure

Examples

If my father had a heart attack it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog. Ingrid Newkirk

Dad almost died of a heart attack in the middle of making Apocalypse Now, the biggest movie of his life. It doesn't make you want to jump into that business. Charlie Sheen

If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack. Edward Norton

I have learnt a lot about my body since my heart attack. I don't drink as much now as before. Gérard Depardieu

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset. Roald Dahl

The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades. Demetri Martin

Close letter words and terms

heart as big as Phar Lap heart atrial muscle heart atrium muscle heart attack on a plate heart attack on rack heart attacks