GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   outbreak (?), n.
   1. A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection; mutiny; revolt. “Mobs and outbreaks.”  J. H. Newman.
   
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   The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak.
   
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   2. A sudden beginning of a violent event; as, “the outbreak of hostilities between ethnic groups”.
   
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   3. A sudden occurrence or manifestation; -- usually of disease or emotion, in one person or a group; as, “an outbreak of measles among the students; he had an outbreak of shingles; an outbreak of nervousness in the mob”.
   
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