Usually means: Sudden increase in disease cases.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word outbreaks:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. outbreaks: Merriam-Webster
  2. outbreaks: Collins English Dictionary
  3. outbreaks: Vocabulary.com
  4. Outbreaks, outbreak's, outbreaks: Wordnik
  5. outbreaks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. outbreaks: Wiktionary
  7. outbreaks: Dictionary.com
  8. outbreaks: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Outbreaks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. outbreaks: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. outbreaks: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. outbreaks: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. outbreaks: Medical dictionary

(Note: See outbreak as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (outbreak)

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.
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