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Definition of Outbreak
1. Noun. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition). "The outbreak of hostilities"
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Specialized synonyms: Epidemic, Recrudescence
Derivative terms: Erupt, Irrupt
Definition of Outbreak
1. n. A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection.
Definition of Outbreak
1. Noun. An eruption, sudden appearance ¹
2. Noun. A sudden increase. ¹
3. Noun. An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief. ¹
4. Noun. An uproar, riot ¹
5. Noun. A geological layer that breaks out ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To burst out ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To break forth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outbreak
1. a sudden eruption [n -S]
Medical Definition of Outbreak
1. The occurrence of a large number of cases of a disease in a short period of time. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outbreak
Literary usage of Outbreak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Further, enemy merchantmen at sea could at the outbreak of war be captured and
confiscated, although they did not even know of the outbreak of war. ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"1803] outbreak uj near.— The French navy. threatening movements either by land
... At the outbreak of war the French navy consisted of 23 ships of the line ..."
3. The Principles of International Law by Thomas Joseph Lawrence (1895)
"In the Middle outbreak of war. Ages a right to detain them as captives was ...
Grotius declared that enemies found within a territory at the outbreak of war ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Altogether a close survey of the economic conditions in Canada, since the outbreak
of the war, compels the general conclusion that, whatever reaction may ..."
5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"Official Diplomatic Documents Relating to the outbreak of the European War.
With photographic reproductions of official editions of the documents (Blue, ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"A Milk-borne Paratyphoid outbreak.—LEVINE and EBERSON (Jour. Infect. ...
The outbreak points out the necessity of testing questionable and negative typhoid ..."
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