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heart attacks

heart attacks is the plural of heart attack.

Meaning of heart attack

Noun

heart attack (plural heart attacks)

  1. An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.
    • Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on...2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC
  2. (figuratively) A major fright.
    • She'll have a heart attack when she sees that!
  3. (figuratively) Death or failure.
    • My computer had a heart attack when I tried to get it to run that program.

Questions about heart attacks

What is heart attacks the plural of?
Heart attacks is the plural of heart attack.

Words near heart attacks in the dictionary

  1. heart and hand
  2. heart and soul
  3. heart as big as Phar Lap
  4. heart attack
  5. heart attack on a plate
  6. heart attacks
  7. heart attacks on a plate
  8. heart babies
  9. heart baby
  10. heart balm
  11. heart balms

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