Synonyms for heart attack
heart at·tack

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1. heart attacknoun

   Synonyms:
   myocardial infarction

2. heart attacknoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   myocardial infarction

3. heart attacknoun

   Death or failure.

   My computer had a heart attack when I tried to get it to run that program.

   Synonyms:
   myocardial infarction

Princeton's WordNet

1. heart attacknoun

   a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function

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1. • Attack
   • Heart Failure

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1. Frank Stallone:

   I remember I was at the Hollywood Bowl on a really bad date, i mean, the girl is basically ignoring me. But here we were at this show watching Don Rickles. Then Frank Sinatra comes out with Don Rickles Jack Daniel’s and goes ‘ Is Frankie Stallone out there ? ’ I thought I was gon na have a heart attack. I just kind of stood up. Then he goes, ‘ I heard that new album you did with Billy May. Knocked my socks off, kid. ’ I just thought, ‘ Oh. My. God. ’ And now the girl is all over me like a cheap suit ! I was just so smitten. It’s really cool to be recognized by one of the greatest singers of the 20th century.

2. Andrew Freeman:

   You take someone who is using all sorts of substances and lives a very high-stress life, likely doesn't exercise regularly or eat well, sometimes bad things are gon na happen, yes, there can be a slight chance of a heart attack or something bad happening during any kind of intense exertion, but I would argue that there's significant risk in not exercising.

3. Cynthia Sass:

   With every 1 percent reduction of total blood cholesterol, there is about a 2 percent reduction in the risk of heart attack.

4. Ruud Dobber:

   This is promising news for the 30 million people living with type-2 diabetes in the United States, as heart failure is one of the earliest cardiovascular complications for them, before heart attack or stroke.

5. Donald Trump:

   Our Great Larry Kudlow, who has been working so hard on trade and the economy, has just suffered a heart attack. He is now in Walter Reed Medical Center.