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Definition heart attack in British English

heart attack noun

[countable] noun
1

an occasion when someone suddenly has a lot of pain in their chest and their heart stops working

Example

He died of a heart attack.

Example

One of the passengers suffered a heart attack.

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Definition heart attack in British English