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1
a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity
- there was an immediate outbreak of paper shuffling and a pretense of work when the supervisor passed through the room
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open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
- the government quelled the outbreak with ruthless efficiency
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“Outbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outbreak. Accessed 23 Jan. 2021.
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The first known use of outbreak was in 1562
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