Antonyms for outbreak


Grammar : Noun
Spell : out-breyk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌbreɪk


Definition of outbreak

Origin :
  • "eruption" (of disease, hostilities, etc.), c.1600, from out + break (v.). Outbreak was a verb in Middle English (c.1300).
  • noun sudden happening
Example sentences :
  • While here, Fleeming witnessed the outbreak of the Revolution of 1848, and heard the first shot.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • This outbreak terminated in a sound between a snarl and a bellow.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • Instead he hunted up the offended Bacons and apologized for his outbreak.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • He had expected some kind of an outbreak––at least a remonstrance from his old friend.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • “Now and then I have an outbreak of this kind,” he added lightly.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss
  • The causes which brought them about originated after the outbreak of the war.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
  • Afterward it seemed as if she was ashamed of her outbreak, and she quietly subsided.
  • Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • "So you think we shall have no outbreak, Hemsworth," said Sir Marmaduke, as they sat at tea.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • They were not of joy, still less of sorrow,—they were the outbreak of a hundred emotions.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • He was kept in jail till the outbreak of the war, when he was set at liberty.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin

Synonyms for outbreak

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