outbreak

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A sudden occurrence or increase of something unpleasant, especially disease or violence.

• There has been an outbreak of cholera in the region.
• The outbreak of violence forced residents to evacuate.
• Health officials are working to control the outbreak.
• Epidemiologists traced the outbreak back to contaminated water supplies in rural communities lacking adequate sanitation infrastructure.
• The sudden outbreak of civil unrest disrupted academic conferences and delayed important collaborative research projects in the region.
• Veterinary authorities implemented strict quarantine protocols following an outbreak of avian influenza at commercial poultry farms.

Eş anlamlılar: eruption, flare-up, epidemic, surge, upsurge

Zıt anlamlılar: decline, decrease, containment