1
as in flurries
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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2
as in uprisings
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
the government quelled the outbreak with ruthless efficiency
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Recent Examples of outbreaks
One Pasteurella-like microbe carried genetic hints of virulence and has ties to deadly outbreaks in modern African elephants.
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Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
So far this year, 19 gastrointestinal outbreaks on cruises were reported to the CDC, 14 of which were caused by norovirus, USA Today reported.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Because some people suffer through their listeria or salmonalla infections without receiving medical attention, the actual number of people sickened in those outbreaks usually is undercounted.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Traditional scientific methods to address these outbreaks — field surveys, lab diagnostics, regulatory identification processes — are rigorous but slow, allowing invaders to destroy California’s land and waterways.
—Pam Marrone, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Registration helps animal herd officials communicate with livestock owners about disease outbreaks.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Measles was declared to be eliminated from the United States in 2000, which means the absence of continuous transmission or outbreaks for at least 12 months.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Because these medicines are costly and logistically challenging to deliver, access to them is limited, particularly for patients in sub-Saharan Africa, where most Ebola outbreaks occur.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Devastating floods have displaced millions across Pakistan, hitting key agricultural and textile industries and raising fears of cholera outbreaks.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
So far this year, 19 gastrointestinal outbreaks on cruises were reported to the CDC, 14 of which were caused by norovirus, USA Today reported.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Because some people suffer through their listeria or salmonalla infections without receiving medical attention, the actual number of people sickened in those outbreaks usually is undercounted.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Traditional scientific methods to address these outbreaks — field surveys, lab diagnostics, regulatory identification processes — are rigorous but slow, allowing invaders to destroy California’s land and waterways.
—Pam Marrone, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Registration helps animal herd officials communicate with livestock owners about disease outbreaks.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Measles was declared to be eliminated from the United States in 2000, which means the absence of continuous transmission or outbreaks for at least 12 months.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Because these medicines are costly and logistically challenging to deliver, access to them is limited, particularly for patients in sub-Saharan Africa, where most Ebola outbreaks occur.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Devastating floods have displaced millions across Pakistan, hitting key agricultural and textile industries and raising fears of cholera outbreaks.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outbreaks
Noun
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Ali was scoring plenty with jabs and flurries, but his attempts to land big punches mostly fell flat.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Thin air and unpredictable wind flurries near Everest’s highest elevations prevent the drones from operating at some of the final camps leading to the summit.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
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The uprisings moved through the region as the Arab Spring ignited, and tens of millions of frustrated residents went online to coordinate.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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More multicasts of our sonic uprisings to compete with America's myopic narrowcasting.—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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The new discovery completely alters our understanding of gamma ray bursts, which were once thought to be caused only by black holes.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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With surreal flourishes and bursts of absurdity, filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler casts a beguiling, dreamlike spell that delicately examines motherhood, class and identity.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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Peasant revolts have been a thing right alongside revolutionary history the entire time.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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One can scarcely draw solace from the trajectories of those recent revolts.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The authors produced models for a scenario in which methane is released in plume-like outbursts.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Macmillan has a musician's kind of knack for sculpting outbursts, rants and other verbal arias.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The president can also legally invoke the military under the Insurrection Act, which allows troops to be deployed in order to curb insurrections.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Wars that lasted a hundred years, wars between Lutherans and Catholics and between Christians and Muslims, the siege of Constantinople, Mitteleuropa’s peasant rebellions, the lowland’s revolt against Spain, England’s conquest of Ireland.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Police would kill many more people in the rebellions that occasionally broke out afterwards, in Miami and Los Angeles and elsewhere.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Outbreaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outbreaks. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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