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Furious to the point of having a stroke — that's how columnist Bob Herbert of The New York Times described the Bush administration:

"...the big problem for Bush & Co. — the thing that makes the president and his apologists apoplectic — is the mere fact that this domestic spying program has come to light."

Link: Do You Know What They Know?

Posted February 7, 2006.

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IN BRIEF: Suffering from a sudden loss of movement and consciousness.

The doctors were confused about the patient's apoplectic condition.

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For a list of words related to apoplectic, see:

• Excessive, Mad, Insane, or Radical

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See words rhyming with "apoplectic."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - apoplektisk, rasende

Nederlands (Dutch)
beroerte betreffende/ veroorzakende, vatbaar voor beroerte, woedend

Français (French)
adj. - apoplectique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (med.) apoplektisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (παθολ.) αποπληκτικός

Italiano (Italian)
apoplettico, (fam.) furioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - apoplético

Русский (Russian)
апоплексический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - apoplético

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kolerisk, hetlevrad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易患中风的, 中风的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易患中風的, 中風的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 졸중의, 매우 흥분하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 卒中の, 怒って

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سكيتي : ذو علاقه بمرض السكته, مسكوت : مصار أو معرض لدا السكته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של שבץ, סמוק-פנים, מתלקח‬

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