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[ noun ] a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

Synonyms

irruption eruption

Examples

"the outbreak of hostilities"

Used in print

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

They argue further ( and somewhat contradictorily ) that our knowledge and resources in preventive_medicine would make it possible to control such an outbreak of disease .

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