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Sars

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a Nigerian police unit known for police brutality and corruption. Nigeria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    plural of Sar form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Initialism of South African Revenue Service. South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome; also Sars. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

    "SARS set off a panic about global spread and contagion."

  2. 2
    Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome, also SARS. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

    "The WHO’s response to Sars was considered a huge success. Fewer than 1,000 people worldwide died of the disease, despite it reaching a total of 26 countries."

  3. 3
    plural of SAR form-of, plural
  4. 4
    a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal wordnet

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