A chain of events led to the outbreak of the war.
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Outbreak
//ˈaʊtbɹeɪk//
Synonyms for "outbreak" (103 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (51)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
62 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- въстание noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
- изблик noun (a sudden increase)
- изригване noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Catalan
1 entries- brot noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Danish
2 entries- bølge noun (a sudden increase)
- udbrud noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Dutch
4 entries- explosie noun (a sudden increase)
- uitbarsting noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- uitbarsting noun (a sudden increase)
- uitbarsting noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
Finnish
4 entries- aalto noun (a sudden increase)
- puhkeaminen noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- puhkeaminen noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
- purkaus noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
French
4 entries- apparition noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- déclenchement noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- explosion noun (a sudden increase)
- explosion noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
German
4 entries- Auftreten noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- Ausbruch noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- Ausbruch noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
- Entfesselung noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Irish
2 entries- ráig noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- ráig noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
Italian
4 entries- diffusione noun (a sudden increase)
- eruzione noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
- esplosione noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
- insorgenza noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Māori
2 entries- kaitorohītanga noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- kautorohītanga noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Persian
2 entries- شیوع noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- شیوع noun (a sudden increase)
Polish
3 entries- wybuch noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- wybuch noun (a sudden increase)
- wybuch noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
Portuguese
1 entries- surto noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Romanian
2 entries- izbucnire noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- izbucnire noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
Russian
2 entries- взрыв noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- вспы́шка noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Spanish
4 entries- brote noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- eclosión noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
- irrupción noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- surgimiento noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Welsh
4 entries- cychwyn noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- cychwyniad noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
- ffrwydrad noun ((fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent)
- tarddiant noun (an eruption, sudden appearance)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
There is no need to be unnecessarily anxious about the outbreak.
Source: tatoeba (44658)
The new agreement included a provision that dealt with the ramifications of the outbreak of a war.
Source: tatoeba (2514664)
There is no reason to be unnecessarily worried about the outbreak.
Source: tatoeba (4889509)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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