| 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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