Means
Stroke
Stroke noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Posy is upset when her dance tutor has a stroke...because it means she won't be able to get dance lessons from her any more.
Source: Literature / Ballet Shoes - The Skeleton Key: Cecile and Justify end up possessing Caroline and Luke respectively, leaving them both stuck in the bodies of elderly stroke victims, with no means of communicating what happened.
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Lord Beckett is pleased when the threshold is reached, as he knows it means that the Brethren Court will be convened and he can eliminate the last great pirates at a stroke.
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