outbreak

[ˈaʊtbreɪk]

Definition:
1. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition).

Use 'outbreak' in a sentence:

1. Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases?
2. The gypsy moth is also subject to attack by the nucleopolyhedrosis virus, or wilt disease, a particularly important killer of the caterpillars in outbreak years.
3. Discontent among the ship's crew finally led to the outbreak of mutiny.
4. The outbreak of Covid-19 has meant an abrupt change in our life and work.
5. An outbreak of fire or an accident is an emergency.
6. At the outbreak of the war he lived in london.
7. Outbreaks are 20 times more likely when plastic is present.
8. It's reported that the first two deaths from an outbreak of MERS on June 1st were in South Korea.
9. Better sewers make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach ．
10. Tracking the spread of a disease is an important step in stopping its outbreak.
11. The area was struck by an outbreak of cholera.
12. When an outbreak of CoT starfish occurs, they thin out the fast-growing coral and may give the slower ones a chance to reestablish.
13. The outbreak of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were again called up on to replace men in the factories.
14. The outbreak came to global notice in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noticed an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths among healthy adults.
15. Because of the outbreak of COVID-19, the sales of local agricultural products had dropped rapidly.
16. In the northern states fumigation is needed only after insect outbreaks occur.
17. An outbreak of typhoid followed.
18. Many schools across the country have shut their doors due to the coronavirus outbreak.
19. This evidence supports their contention that the outbreak of violence was prearranged.
20. It is too expensive for farmers to use routinely, and since it is not effective until a month after vaccination, administering it after an outbreak begins helps very little.
21. Experts fear that there will be new outbreak of the disease.
22. The other unspoken fear here is of an outbreak of hooliganism.
23. However, even in the early days of the outbreak, not everyone with swine flu will have visited their GP.
24. It's a creative idea to build cabin hospitals to receive patients during the outbreak of COVID-19.
25. We should seek opportunities in crises, fix the shortcomings and weak links exposed in the epidemic2, and boost the development of new business models that appeared amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
26. Imagine if we have an outbreak of measles and the information is relayed to us three months after the outbreak.
27. The outbreak of swine flu that was first deteccted in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009.
28. It was also one of the best-selling foods during COVID-19 outbreak in China.
29. The cholera outbreak has been contained.
30. After an outbreak in a particular area, it is common to find that Acroporids have been selectively removed, leaving a mosaic of living and dead corals.
31. The hospital ward was fumigated after the outbreak of typhus.
32. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, it has made its way around the world.
33. Scientists used historical records from plague outbreaks in nine European cities, building a picture of how the disease spread.
34. The outbreak of the war gave a sudden check to the sculptor's work.
35. That's exactly what is happening in small neighborhoods around the country from Orange County, California, where 22 measles cases were reported this month, to Brooklyn, N ． Y ．, where a 17-year-old caused an outbreak last year ．
36. He is optimistic that his government will be able to manage the outbreak effectively.
37. The extensive data sources, Combined with computer simulations, created a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel emissions.
38. In the 1967 European outbreak, a non-itchy rash was a feature noted in most patients between 2 and 7 days after symptom onset.
39. The ambassador did his utmost to prevent the outbreak of hostilities.
40. A hospital consultant said conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera and typhoid.
41. The four-day festival ended a day early after an outbreak of violence involving hundreds of youths.
42. Outbreaks of rain are expected in the afternoon.
43. His death set in motion a train of events that led to the outbreak of war.
44. Vaccine supplies started to run dry as the flu outbreak reached epidemic proportions.
45. There appears to be another outbreak of sickness among seals in the North Sea.
46. "Due to this arctic outbreak and concerns for the safety of USPS emplovees," USPS announced Wednesday morning," the Postal Service is suspending delivery Jan.30 in some 3 digit ZIP Code locations."
47. The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak.
48. A hair-trigger situation has been created which could lead to an outbreak of war at any time.
49. He was interned as an enemy alien at the outbreak of the Second World War.
50. Social and political problems led to the outbreak of war.