OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18353

outbreak

/ˈaʊtbɹeɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
brote • irrupción • surgimiento
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.
eclosión • surgimiento
An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.
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