Outbreak - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈaʊtbreɪk|  American pronunciation of the word outbreak
Brit.  |ˈaʊtbreɪk|  British pronunciation of the word outbreak

noun

- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) (syn: eruption, irruption)
the outbreak of hostilities

Extra examples

...there was an immediate outbreak of paper shuffling and a pretense of work when the supervisor passed through the room...

...the government quelled the outbreak with ruthless efficiency...

Now and then outbroke the light.

We have put up a real barrier against the outbreak of new wars.

At the outbreak of war, he was enlisted in the army.

Thousands of refugees left the country following the outbreak of civil war.

The outbreak of hostilities will cause incalculable misery.

The flu outbreak has reached epidemic proportions.

The outbreak of war sealed the government's fate.

His career was interrupted by the outbreak of war.

King George V had been very grieved at the outbreak of the Great War.

The recent outbreak/eruption of racial violence in the area is very troubling.

Public health officials warned of an influenza outbreak.

Word forms

noun
singular: outbreak
plural: outbreaks
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