Outbreak Definition

outbrāk
outbreaks
noun
outbreaks

A sudden increase.

There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.
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A breaking out; sudden occurrence, as of disease or war.
Webster's New World
An insurrection or riot.
Webster's New World

An uproar, riot.

Poorly trained officers can't control a prison outburst without excessive repression.
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(uncountable) A geological layer that breaks out.
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verb
(intransitive) To burst out.
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(intransitive) To break forth.
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Other Word Forms of Outbreak

Noun

Singular:
outbreak
Plural:
outbreaks

Origin of Outbreak

  • From Middle English *utbreken, from Old English Å«tābrecan (“to break out"), equivalent to out- +"Ž break. Cognate with Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out"), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt").

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Outbreak Sentence Examples

  • The origin of the outbreak is uncertain.

  • The cause was the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War (1618).

  • There was another outbreak in 1831 and frequent disorders down to 1848, when they culminated in another unsuccessful revolution.

  • In consequence of this outbreak of patriotic enthusiasm, the school was soon after closed by Louis XVIII., and the young student was compelled to seek some other career instead of that of the soldier.

  • The effect of the outbreak was in every way disastrous.

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