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noun a sudden breaking out or occurrence, especially of something bad or unpleasant; eruption: the outbreak of war.
a sudden and active manifestation: an outbreak of hives.
a sudden increase in the incidence of a disease or medical condition in a particular place or population: a serious outbreak of malaria in northern Uganda; a worldwide polio outbreak in the early 1900s.
an outburst: an outbreak of temper.
an insurrection, revolt, or mutiny.
a public disturbance; riot.
Origin of outbreak First recorded in 1595–1605; out- + break
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Example sentences from the Web for outbreak In recent decades, more outbreak s have been caused by vaccine strains than by wild virus.
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The coronavirus outbreak ranks second, at 20 percent, and those voters break 88 percent to 8 percent for Biden.
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The outbreak , which began in a single housing unit, nearly tripled from 44 active cases two weeks ago to 160 earlier this week.
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Kloecker said Germany informed China overnight of the outbreak , but declined to comment further.
Europe is on high alert after a deadly swine virus emerges in Germany | Bernhard Warner| September 10, 2020| Fortune
The growing outbreak at the university comes as case numbers across Georgia continue to fall.
The University of Georgia’s COVID surge continues, with 1,400 cases reported this week | Lee Clifford| September 9, 2020| Fortune
But with the outbreak of hostilities in mid-2011, all festivities were thrust into the deep freeze.
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It was a traditional burial—the kind that the government is now battling—that led to the first outbreak .
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An outbreak in Madagascar, where the disease is endemic, already has involved more than 100 people and killed almost half.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left) | Kent Sepkowitz| November 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The current Madagascar outbreak is of particular concern for two reasons.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left) | Kent Sepkowitz| November 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The government report states the “outbreak [of beetles] is waning.”
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Kentucky attempted to remain neutral at the outbreak of the war.
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies | Chas. G Mutzenberg
He resigned his commission at the outbreak of the Civil War, and entered the Confederate service.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 | Various
And in fact, when Henry V himself had ascended the throne, an outbreak did occur, in which these causes co-operated.
A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) | Leopold von Ranke
This network of agreements existed until it was destroyed through the outbreak of the war.
Albert Ballin | Bernhard Huldermann
At the first outbreak , some petty street brawl, the native soldiers sounded the general alarm.
By-Ways of War | James Jeffrey Roche
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British Dictionary definitions for outbreak noun a sudden, violent, or spontaneous occurrence, esp of disease or strife
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