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out·break

 (out′brāk′)
n.
1. A sudden increase: an outbreak of influenza.
2. A sudden eruption; an outburst: "an outbreak of strikes, violent agitation, and arrests" (Samuel Chew).
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outbreak

(ˈaʊtˌbreɪk)
n
a sudden, violent, or spontaneous occurrence, esp of disease or strife
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out•break

(ˈaʊtˌbreɪk)

n.
1. a sudden occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
2. a sudden manifestation: an outbreak of hives.
3. an outburst.
4. an insurrection, revolt, or mutiny.
5. a riot.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.outbreak - a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)outbreak - a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"
irruption, eruption
happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens
epidemic - a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
recrudescence - a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"
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outbreak

noun
1. eruption, burst, explosion, epidemic, rash, outburst, flare-up, flash, spasm, upsurge an outbreak of violence involving hundreds of youths This outbreak of flu is no worse than normal.
2. onset, beginning, outset, opening, dawn, commencement On the outbreak of war he expected to be called up.
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outbreak

noun
1. A sudden increase in something, as the occurrence of a disease:
epidemic, plague, rash.
2. The act of emerging violently from limits or restraints:
eruption, explosion, outburst.
3. A sudden violent expression, as of emotion:
access, blowup, burst, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, gust, outburst.
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Translations
إنْتِشار، نُشوبنُشُوبُ
propuknutí
udbrud
puhkeaminenpurkausaalto
epidemija
òaî aî brjótast út; upphaf
勃発
돌발
staigi pradžiastaigus kilimas
izcelšanāsuzliesmojums
vypuknutie
izbruh
utbrott
การเกิดขึ้นอย่างรุนแรงและทันทีทันใด
ayaklanmabaş göstermepatlak verme
sự bùng nổ

outbreak

[ˈaʊtbreɪk] N [of war] → declaración f; [of hostilities] → comienzo m; [of disease] → brote m; [of crimes] → ola f; [of violence] → arranque m; [of spots] → erupción f
a salmonella outbreak → un brote de salmonelosis
at the outbreak of war → al estallar la guerra
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

outbreak

[ˈaʊtbreɪk] n
[disease] → épidémie f
a salmonella outbreak → une épidémie de salmonellose
(= start) [war] → déclenchement m
the outbreak of war → le déclenchement de la guerre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

outbreak

n (of war, hostility, disease) → Ausbruch m; a recent outbreak of fire caused … → ein Brand verursachte kürzlich …; if there should be an outbreak of fire → wenn ein Brand or Feuer ausbricht; at the outbreak of war → bei Kriegsausbruch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

outbreak

[ˈaʊtˌbreɪk] n (of war) → scoppio; (of disease) → insorgenza; (of food poisoning) → epidemia; (of crime) → ondata
at the outbreak of war → allo scoppio della guerra
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

outbreak

(ˈautbreik) noun
a sudden beginning (usually of something unpleasant). the outbreak of war.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

outbreak

→ نُشُوبُ propuknutí udbrud Ausbruch ξέσπασμα brote puhkeaminen éruption epidemija scoppio 勃発 돌발 uitbarsting utbrudd wybuch surto вспышка utbrott การเกิดขึ้นอย่างรุนแรงและทันทีทันใด ayaklanma sự bùng nổ 爆发
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

outbreak

n. erupción; [of an epidemic] brote epidémico.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

outbreak

n brote m; (derm) erupción f
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(2) If there is an outbreak of fire, but the enemy's soldiers remain quiet, bide your time and do not attack.
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Hercules could not have resisted a similar outbreak of enthusiasm.
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This wild outbreak on the part of Sola so greatly surprised and shocked the other women, that, after a few words of general reprimand, they all lapsed into silence and were soon asleep.
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"The outbreak," I returned, "will make a tremendous occasion of Thursday night;" and everyone so agreed with me that, in the light of it, we lost all attention for everything else.
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What was there in you ," she asked, with an outbreak of contemptuous surprise, "to attract such a woman as I am?"
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The Indian girl had been hurried off by her people at the outbreak of the affray.
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There are some bad nights in the kingdom of the West Wind for homeward-bound ships making for the Channel; and the days of wrath dawn upon them colourless and vague like the timid turning up of invisible lights upon the scene of a tyrannical and passionate outbreak, awful in the monotony of its method and the increasing strength of its violence.
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M'Lellan, with his usual tranchant mode of dealing out justice, resolved to shoot the desperado on the spot in case of any outbreak. Nothing of the kind, however, occurred.
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Towards the end of the term two or three boys caught scarlet fever, and there was much talk of sending them all home in order to escape an epidemic; but the sufferers were isolated, and since no more were attacked it was supposed that the outbreak was stopped.
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