outbreak
noun
1. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
- the outbreak of hostilities
Similar word(s): eruption, irruption
Definition categories: event, happening, occurrence, occurrent
Sentences with outbreak as a noun:
- Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic
- There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.
- There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.
verb
1. (intransitive) To burst out
2. (intransitive) To break forth