outbreak

out·break

O0154900 (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).

outbreak

(ˈaʊtˌbreɪk) na sudden, violent, or spontaneous occurrence, esp of disease or strife

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

outbreak - a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"irruption, eruptionhappening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happensepidemic - a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same timerecrudescence - a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"

outbreak

noun1. 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.

outbreak

noun1. 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.

Translations

爆发

outbreak

(ˈautbreik) noun a sudden beginning (usually of something unpleasant). the outbreak of war. 爆發 爆发

outbreak

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