Outbreak

Definition: Outbreak

Outbreak

Noun

1. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence of an undesirable condition.

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Date "outbreak" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references)

Biology & Biotechnology

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Attack

Aggression, offense; incursion, inroad, invasion; irruption; outbreak; estrapade, ruade; coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade, raid, foray; run at, run against; dead set at.

Beginning

Noun: beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation; introduction; (precursor); alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure.

Discord

Polemics; litigation; strife; (contention); warfare; outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war.

Disobedience

Revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute; riot, tumult; (disorder); strike;(resistance); barring out; defiance.

Egress

Noun: egress, exit, issue; emersion, emergence; outbreak, outburst; eruption, proruption; emanation; egression; evacuation; exudation, transudation; extravasation, perspiration, sweating, leakage, percolation, distillation, oozing; gush; (water in motion); outpour, outpouring; effluence, effusion; effluxion, drain; dribbling; Verb: defluxion; drainage; outcome, output; discharge; (excretion).

Excitability

Passion, excitement, flush, heat; fever, heat; fire, flame, fume, blood boiling; tumult; effervescence, ebullition; boiling over; whiff, gust, story, tempest; scene, breaking out, burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion; outbreak, outburst; agony.

Violence

Outbreak, outburst; debacle; burst, bounce, dissilience, discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion, torrent.

Crosswords: Outbreak

Outbreak of Hostilities (1982)

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Books

• Battleships of the Scharnhorstclass: The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: The Backbone of the German Surface Forces at the Outbreak of War (reference)

• Outbreak (reference)

• Outbreak Alert: Responding to the Increasing Threat of Infectious Diseases (reference)

• The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (reference)

• The Outbreak of World War I: Causes and Responsibilities (Problems in European Civilization) (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Outbreak (reference)

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Music

• Outbreak of Hostilities (reference)

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High Tech

• Code Name: Outbreak (reference)

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Dr. J. Donald Millar and Dr. I. Datta (W.H.O. Epidemiologist) present a "100 Rupee Reward" to a village lad who reported an outbreak of smallpox. Credit: CDC.

During the flu outbreak of 1918 H. influenzae was termed Pfeiffer's Bacillus, where it was found in the sputum of many influenza patients, and thought to be the cause of influenza. Credit: CDC.

Magazine cover story titles related to outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. Legionellosis. Credit: CDC.

Associated with outbreak of toxic shock syndrome. Credit: CDC.

A Zairian nurse in full protective clothing prepares to enter the isolation ward during the Ebola VHF outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire, 1995. Credit: CDC.

Legionnaires' disease acquired its name in 1976 when an outbreak of pneumonia occurred among persons attending a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia. Later, the bacterium causing the illness was named Legionella pneumophila. Credit: CDC.

The Lunar Receiving Station shipped in refurbished condition to CDC by NASA, was to be used in the event one of the CDC team members became ill while working with the first Ebola virus outbreak. It is currently stored at CDC's Lawrenceville facility. Credit: CDC.

The first discovery of bacteria from the genus Legionella came in 1976 when an outbreak of pneumonia at an American Legion convention led to 29 deaths. The causative agent, known as Legionella pneumophila, was isolated and given its own genus. Credit: CDC.

This image was taken during an outbreak in 1976, when a total of 340 deaths occurred in Zaire and western Sudan. Ebola is one of the four known viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. It is believed to be zoonotic, and native to the African continent. Credit: CDC.

Party on the HIRONDELLE II on August 2, 1914. The ship had been at Havre, but upon the outbreak of World War I, the ship returned to Monaco, arriving August 7 . From left to right kneeling: L. Gain; James de Rothschild; Dr. Louet. Left to right standing: A. Ranc; H. Bouree; A. Fuhrmeister; L. Tinayre; Commander d'Arodes; and J. Richard. Plate IV, print 22. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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For the purpose of this provision the pre-war rate of exchange shall be defined as the average cable transfer rate prevailing in the Allied or Associated country concerned during the month immediately preceding the outbreak of war between the said country concerned and Germany. (reference)

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M. Charles Myriel, on the first outbreak of the revolution, emigrated to Italy

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Health

An outbreak ends when the critical exposure stops. (references)

This outbreak was the first recognition of the disease. (references)

Unfortunately, the first victims of the outbreak were Navajo. (references)

Business

The UAE's oil production rose significantly in the latter half of 1990 after the outbreak of the Gulf war. (references)

Children

Guatemala

In early August, there was an outbreak of more than 600 cases of tuberculosis. (references)

Civil Liberties

Israel and the occupied territories

The southern safe passage route was closed in October 2000, in response to the outbreak of the Intifada. (references)

Malaysia

In February 1999, the Government forbade all state health departments from commenting on the outbreak of a deadly virus. (references)

Economic History

Taiwan

Taiwan's pork industry was reshaped after the March 1997 local FMD outbreak. (references)

Sudan

Sudan broke diplomatic relations with the U.S. in June 1967, following the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli War. (references)

Eritrea

The moves to demobilize were abruptly reversed after the outbreak of war with Ethiopia over a contested border. (references)

Human Rights

Suriname

There were no deaths from the tuberculosis outbreak or prison riots. (references)

Rwanda

In April an outbreak of typhus at the prison in Relima resulted in an unknown number of deaths. (references)

Ethiopia

Some civilian residents of Eritrean origin have been detained since the outbreak of hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea. (references)

Minorities

Egypt

Anti-Semitism is found in both the Government press and in the press of the opposition parties, and increased late in 2000 and during the year following the outbreak of violence in Israel and the occupied territories. (references)

Rwanda

The most recent and severe outbreak of such violence, in 1994, involved genocidal killing of much of the Tutsi population under the direction of a Hutu-dominated government and implemented in large part by Hutu-dominated armed forces called the ex-FAR and Interahamwe militia. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED KINGDOM

The indirect effects of the foot and mouth outbreak could prove more damaging in the tourism sector, which accounts for 4.0 percent of GDP. (references)

Political Rights

Congo

Citizens have not been able to change their government through free elections since independence in 1960. In his May 1997 inaugural address, President Laurent Kabila promised a constitution and elections by 1999; however, the 1998 outbreak of war effectively prevented the holding of national elections. (references)

Worker Rights

Israel and the occupied territories

Due to security concerns, the Government stopped issuing almost all permits for Palestinian workers following the outbreak of violence in October 2000. Nonresident workers are paid through the employment service of the Ministry of Labor, which disburses wages and benefits collected from employers. (references)

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Expressions using "outbreak": fresh outbreak ♦ insect outbreak ♦ outbreak of fire ♦ outbreak of influenza ♦ outbreak of the war. Additional references.

Ending with "outbreak": peace-outbreak.

Albanian

trazirë (bewilderment, commotion, convulsion, disorder, dustup, fuss, hustle, pother, qualm, queasiness, queasy, riot, ruction, shindy, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval), shpërthim (access, blast, blowout, burst, conniption, detonation, effusion, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, flare up, furor, gush, gust, outburst, output, paroxysm, report, Sally, tornado), rebelim (commotion, disorder, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, riot, sedition), kryengritje (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, rising, sedition, uprising). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نشوب الحرب, ‏تدفق (affluence, afflux, bubble, discharge, drift, flow, flowing, fluency, flux, gush, inflow, influx, inrush, issue, jet, onrush, outflow, outpouring, pour, roll, shoot, shoot up, slop, spirt, spout, spurt, stream, surge, throng), ‏إنفجار (blast, blaze, burst, detonation, explosion, fit, flare, outburst, outcrop, puff and blow, report, salvo, shout), ‏إندلاع (flare up, setting fire), ‏ثورة (commotion, mutiny, rampage, rebellion, revolt, revolution, rising, upheaval, uprising), ‏بداية (beginning, commencement, conception, inception, onset, opening, origination, outset, start, starter, starting, threshold). (various references)

Bulgarian 

въстание (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rise, rising, uprising), нашествие (incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, razzia), бунт (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, rebellion, revolt, riot, uprising), инвазия (invasion), изригване (ejection, ejectment, eructation, eruption), избухване (belch, burst, detonation, eruption, explosion, flying, outburst, puff), изблик (access, accession, burst, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, exuberance, flare, flash, flood, flush, gale, gust, outburst, outcrop, outflow, passion, riot, rush, spasm, spate, spirt, spurt, surge, wave). (various references)

Chinese 

發病 (onset), 爆发 (Eruption, Eruptive, Outburst). (various references)

Czech

záchvat (attack, bout, burst, conniption, dose, fit, gust, onrush, seizure, spasm), vypuknutí (eruption), výbuch (blast, blaze, burst, detonation, eruption, explosion, gush, gust, outburst, paroxysm, salvo). (various references)

Danish

udbrud (breakout, burn-through, burst, effusion, eruption, expression). (various references)

Dutch

uitbarsting (explosion), haard (firebox, focus, hearth). (various references)

Farsi 

وقوع (Incidence, Occurrence, Rede), طغیان (Insurgence, Insurgency, Insurrection, Mutation, Outburst, Outflow, Overflow, Rebellion, Revolt, Tornado, Uprising), ظهور (Appearance, Emersion, Income, Outburst, Peep), شیوع (Accession, Breakout, Burst, Prevalence), درگیر, بروز (Accession). (various references)

Finnish

syttyminen (ignition). (various references)

French

vague, tir par rafales, pullulation, première manifestation, foyer, explosion (outburst, outcrop), déclenchement, début (outset), débordement (outflanking), éruption (outburst), éclosion. (various references)

German

Ausbruch (break out, breakaway, eruption, escape, explosion, gush, gust, jailbreak, onset, outburst, raptures, Sally). (various references)

Greek 

έκρηξη (blast, blasting, blow out, blow up, burst, detonation, eruption, explosion, outburst). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"תפרצות (blaze, burst, eruption, excitement, fit, outburst, revolt, spurt, storm, surge), �"תחוללות (outburst). (various references)

Hungarian

kitörés (break out, break-out, burst, bursting, ejaculation, eruption, explosion, extrusion, flaw, gust, lunge, outburst, paroxysm, sally, shooting, shy, sortie, spirt, tantrum). (various references)

Italian

esplosione (bang, blast, burst, crack, eruption, explosion, outburst, raptures). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

発�"� (incidence, occurrence, origin, spring forth), 突発 (occurrence), 勃発 (outburst, sudden occurrence). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぼっぱつ (outburst, sudden occurrence), はっせい (incidence, occurrence, origin, speaking, spring forth, utterance), とっぱつ (occurrence). (various references)

Korean 

발발. (various references)

Manx

irree magh (insurgent, insurrection, mutiny, rebel, rebellion, revolt, revolution, rise, rising, turn out), brishey magh (bud, burst open, burst out, crop out, declare, erupt, eruption, outburst). (various references)

Pig Latin

outbreakay.(various references)

Portuguese

transgredir (break, contravene, infringe, overpass, transgress, trespass, violate), surto, separar (branch, break, buddle, calve, detach, disassemble, disband, disconnect, discriminate, disembody, disengage, disestablish, disintegrate, disjoin, dispart, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divvy, insulate, island, isolate, keep apart, part, seclude, segregate, separate, sever, sort, sort out, sunder, uncouple, unleash, unlink, wean), revolta (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, upheaval, uprising), quebrar (basil, be bankrupt, breach, break, chip, crack, crush, disintegrate, disrupt, flaw, fracture, grind, knap, knock in, shatter, smash, split, violate), partir (absent onself, break, crack, depart, fissure, flit, foliate, fracture, go, go away, knap, leave, part, pull out, quit, sail, shove off, slice, smash, split, start, start running, take off, take one's leave), irromper (burst, flame, flare up, gush), insurreição (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising), foco (center of attention, centre of attention), explosão (blast, burst, bursting, bust, detonation, discharge, eruption, explosion, outburst, upsurge), erupção (acne, boil, breaking, burst, eruption, explosion, outburst), eclosão, afloramento (outburst, outcrop). (various references)

Romanian

rãbufnealã (bang, thud), pornire violentã, izbucnire (agony, blaze, burst, eruption, explosion, fit, fume, inrush, onset, outburst, paroxysm, passion, start), explozie (blast, blaze, burst, bursting, detonation, explosion, round, shot, spirt, tornado), erupţie (eruption, hives), acces (access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, convulsion, door, gust, outburst, reach, relapse, seizure, spasm), început de epidemie. (various references)

Russian 

вспышка (blaze, burst, deflagration, flare, flash, flash gun, glance, glint, outburst, spark), восстание (insurgency, insurrection, rebellion, revolt, uprise, uprising), взрыв;вспышка;начало, взрыв (agony, bang, blast, blowup, burst, detonation, eruption, explosion, gale, gust, outburst, outbust, plosion, spurt), начало (beginning, breaking, commencement, cradle, go off, go-off, inception, incipience, kick off, leader, onset, opening, origin, origination, outset, prime, proem, set out, start). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

početak (beginning, commencement, exordium, go off, inception, incipience, induction, morning, onset, outset, set out, start, starter, threshold), izbijanje (rash). (various references)

Spanish

erupción (eruption, rash). (various references)

Swedish

utbrott (access, breaking out, burst, ebullition, eruption, explosion, fireworks, fit, flare up, gush, gust, outburst, Sally). (various references)

Turkish

yeryüzüne çıkmış kaya katmanı, salgın (contagious, epidemic, epidemical, rife), patlak verme (eruption, outburst, outcrop), isyan (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, riot, rising, sedition, uprising), başlama (begin, commencing, connecting, go off, inception, inceptive, initiation, kickoff, launching, onset, start, starting, throwoff), çıkma (annotation, cantilever, egress, egression, emergence, expulsion, going out, going up, occurrence, protrusion, pull out, rise, withdrawal). (various references)

Ukrainian

спалах гніву (outburst), розривати (break, break away, denounce, develop, disrupt, divorce, rupture, tear up), розбивати (batter, break, crack, defeat, demolish, destroy, split, stave in), раптовий початок війни, вибух (bang, blast, blow up, blowing up, burst, bursting, detonation, explosion, howl, hurricane, outleap, storm, tornado), масова поява шкідників, заколот (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, riot, tumult), ламати (break, circumvent, fracture, smash), бунт (mutiny). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "outbreak": outbreaks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Outbreak" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oubreak. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: breakout.

-1 letter: outbake, outbark.

-2 letters: arbute, boater, borate, rebato, rubato, tabour.

-3 letters: abort, about, baker, beaut, boart, brake, break, broke, brute, buret, burke, buteo, kebar, korat, kraut, kurta, oater, orate, outer, outre, rebut, route, taber, tabor, taker, tarok, toker, troak, troke, tubae, tuber, turbo, urate.

-4 letters: abet, abut, aero, auto, bake, bare, bark, bate, beak, bear.

+1 letter: breakouts, outbarked, outbreaks.

+4 letters: backcourtmen, breakthrough, troublemaker.

+5 letters: backcountries, breakthroughs, mountebankery, troublemakers, troublemaking.