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outbreak
noun as in sudden happening
Strong matches
Example Sentences
He urged poultry farmers to review their bio-security measures to prevent further outbreaks.
Such figures prompted the country's minister for health and medical services to declare an HIV outbreak in January.
The clashes, in July, marked the latest outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria since Assad's overthrow.
Coco & Carmen has temporarily closed while an investigation into the cause of the suspected outbreak continues.
Earlier this year, a sudden outbreak of botulism across England left dozens of young women in hospital, some partially paralysed, after being injected with black-market Korean toxin sold by beauticians as a Botox-style treatment.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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