NOUN | event | outbreak, eruption, irruption | a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) |
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Sounds | aw'tbrey.k | |
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Rhymes | ache ... wake / Wake: 58 rhymes with eyk... |
Meaning | A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition). | |
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Example | "the outbreak of hostilities" | |
Synonyms | eruption, irruption | |
Narrower | epidemic | A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease |
recrudescence | A return of something after a period of abatement | |
Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
Spanish | brote, comienzo, desencadenamiento, erupción, estallido, irrupción | |
Catalan | brot, erupció, esclat |
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