heart attack

heart attack
n.

1) to have a heart attack

2) a fatal; massive; mild; severe; sudden heart attack

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['hɑːtəˌtæk]
massive
mild
severe
sudden heart attack
a fatal
to have a heart attack

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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