OUTBREAK


Meaning of OUTBREAK in English

out ‧ break /ˈaʊtbreɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ break , ↑ outbreak , ↑ breakage ; adjective : ↑ breakable ≠ ↑ unbreakable , ↑ broken ≠ ↑ unbroken ; verb : ↑ break ]

if there is an outbreak of fighting or disease in an area, it suddenly starts to happen:

a cholera outbreak

outbreak of

outbreaks of fighting

the outbreak of World War II

⇨ break out at ↑ break 1

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.