outbreak
/ˈaʊtbɹeɪk/ sustantivo B2En español: brote, irrupción, surgimiento, eclosión
- An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc. · Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.
- A sudden increase. · There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.
- An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief. · There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.
- Synonym of breakout (“escape from prison”).
Plural outbreaks
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Prior to Bazalgette's brilliant intervention, recurrent outbreaks of cholera had repeatedly devastated the city, thriving in the deplorable sanitary conditions of early industrialization.
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