OUTBREAK meaning: Sudden increase in disease cases

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word outbreak:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

outbreak: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
outbreak: Merriam-Webster
outbreak: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
outbreak: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
outbreak: Collins English Dictionary
outbreak: Vocabulary.com
Outbreak, outbreak: Wordnik
outbreak: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
outbreak: Wiktionary
outbreak: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
outbreak: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
outbreak: Infoplease Dictionary
outbreak: Dictionary.com
outbreak (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
outbreak: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Outbreak (DJ), Outbreak (Under the Dome), Outbreak (band), Outbreak (disambiguation), Outbreak (film), Outbreak (movie), Outbreak (novel), Outbreak: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Outbreak: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
outbreak: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
outbreak: Rhymezone
outbreak: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
outbreak: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
outbreak: FreeDictionary.org
outbreak: Mnemonic Dictionary
outbreak: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

outbreak: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

outbreak: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)

outbreak: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
outbreak: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Outbreak: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
▸ noun:  A sudden increase.
▸ noun:  (figurative) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
▸ noun:  Synonym of breakout (“escape from prison”)
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To burst out or break forth.

Similar:

breakout, upbreak, brash, flare-up, flare, outburst, eruption, irruption, breach, burst, more...

Opposite:

containment, suppression, control, prevention, quelling

Types:

measles, chicken pox, smallpox, influenza, rubella, mumps, whooping cough, more...

Phrases:

Disease outbreak, outbreak investigation, tornado outbreak, polar outbreak, island outbreak, more...

Adjectives:

first, serious, sudden, new, fresh, actual, recent, violent, severe, major, last

Colors:

red, orange, yellow, black, dark green, more...