outbreak

outbreak – [ out-breyk ] – / ˈaʊtˌbreɪk / – Noun

  • a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
  • a sudden and active manifestation: an outbreak of hives.
  • an outburst: an outbreak of temper.
  • an insurrection, revolt, or mutiny. a public disturbance; riot.

WORDS RELATED TO OUTBREAK
crash, uprising, eruption, epidemic, surge, onset, disruption, flare-up, plague, storm, explosion, revolution, burst, fury, irruption, dawn, volley, convulsion, breaking, spasm

 

ORIGIN OF OUTBREAK
First recorded in 1595–1605; out- + break

 

EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR OUTBREAK

  • But with the outbreak of hostilities in mid-2011, all festivities were thrust into the deep freeze.
  • It was a traditional burial—the kind that the government is now battling—that led to the first outbreak.
  • An outbreak in Madagascar, where the disease is endemic, already has involved more than 100 people and killed almost half.
  • The current Madagascar outbreak is of particular concern for two reasons.
  • The government report states the “outbreak [of beetles] is waning.”
  • Kentucky attempted to remain neutral at the outbreak of the war.
  • He resigned his commission at the outbreak of the Civil War, and entered the Confederate service.
  • And in fact, when Henry V himself had ascended the throne, an outbreak did occur, in which these causes co-operated.
  • This network of agreements existed until it was destroyed through the outbreak of the war.
  • At the first outbreak, some petty street brawl, the native soldiers sounded the general alarm.


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