Synonyms for outbreak
ˈaʊtˌbreɪkout·break

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1. outbreaknoun

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

2. outbreaknoun

   To burst out

   Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

3. outbreaknoun

   A sudden increase.

   There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

4. outbreaknoun

   An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.

   There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

5. outbreaknoun

   An uproar, riot

   Poorly trained officers can't control a prison outburst without excessive repression

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

6. outbreaknoun

   A geological layer that breaks out

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outbreak

   Synonyms:
   outburst, tumult, commotion, insurrection, rebellion, ebullition

   Antonyms:
   subsidence, pacification, quelling, quiet, order, cooling

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1. outbreak, eruption, irruptionnoun

   a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

   "the outbreak of hostilities"

   Synonyms:
   volcanic eruption, bam, clap, extravasation, bang, blast, eructation, eruption, irruption

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1. boomtime

   outbreak of something good

   the business has had an out break in stocks

   Submitted by acronimous on September 7, 2017  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outbreaknoun

   Synonyms:
   eruption, explosion

2. outbreaknoun

   Synonyms:
   riot, row, fray, affray, broil, conflict, breach of the peace

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1. outbreaknoun

   Synonyms:
   eruption, outburst, uprising

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1. List of paraphrases for "outbreak":

   epidemic, eruption, outbreaks, hatching, hatch, outburst, onset, upsurge, bursting, epidemics, flare-up, emergence, infestation, explosion, burst, surge, epizootic, trigger, spate, break-up, spread

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outbreak

   Synonyms:
   An epidemic
   

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1. Li Xingqian:

   The outbreak has posed severe challenges to China's current foreign trade development, we expect January-February import and export growth to decline sharply.

2. Kamel Beldjoud:

   Only criminal hands can be behind the simultaneous outbreak of about 50 fires across several localities.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   You know, people think sometimes that public health officials are oblivious to the economic considerations. Not at all -- I mean, we are very empathetic towards that, but we still have to maintain the public health measures if we're going to get our arms around this outbreak.

4. Ned Sharpless:

   Based on our testing of samples to date, there does not appear to be one product or substance involved in all of the cases. It may be there is more than one cause to this outbreak, we do know that THC is present in most of the samples tested to date.

5. Zhang Lifang:

   Because I didn't know how bad the outbreak was in Wuhan, I took my father there -- it was basically sending him to death. Whenever I think of it, I am overwhelmed by remorse and anger.