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English noun: outbreak

1. outbreak (event) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)


SamplesThe outbreak of hostilities.


Synonymseruption, irruption


Broader (hypernym)happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent


Narrower (hyponym)epidemic, recrudescence









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