Synonyms for outbreak
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : out-breyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌbreɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for outbreak Other synonyms for the word outbreak
- beginning
- blowup
- brawl
- break
- breaking
- burst
- bursting
- commencement
- commotion
- convulsion
- crack
- dawn
- detonation
- discharge
- disorder
- ebullition
- effervescence
- fit
- flash
- fury
- gush
- gushing
- insurrection
- irruption
- mutiny
- outburst
- outpouring
- paroxysm
- rebellion
- rending
- revolution
- roar
- sally
- sortie
- spasm
- spurt
- sundering
- thunder
- tumult
- uprising
- volley
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for outbreak
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