(~s)
If there is a ~ of violence or of an illness, it suddenly starts or gets worse.
There’s been a ~ of violence in South Africa.
N-COUNT: usu a N of/in n
(~s)
If there is a ~ of violence or of an illness, it suddenly starts or gets worse.
There’s been a ~ of violence in South Africa.
N-COUNT: usu a N of/in n
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