Antonyms for outbreak
ˈaʊtˌbreɪkout·break

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1. outbreaknoun

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

2. outbreaknoun

   To burst out

   Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

3. outbreaknoun

   A sudden increase.

   There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

4. outbreaknoun

   An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.

   There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

5. outbreaknoun

   An uproar, riot

   Poorly trained officers can't control a prison outburst without excessive repression

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

6. outbreaknoun

   A geological layer that breaks out

   Synonyms:
   tumult, outburst

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1. outbreak

   Antonyms:
   subsidence, pacification, quelling, quiet, order, cooling

   Synonyms:
   outburst, tumult, commotion, insurrection, rebellion, ebullition

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1. outbreak, eruption, irruptionnoun

   a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

   "the outbreak of hostilities"

   Synonyms:
   volcanic eruption, bam, clap, extravasation, bang, blast, eructation, eruption, irruption

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1. outbreaknoun

   Synonyms:
   eruption, outburst, uprising

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outbreak

   Synonyms:
   An epidemic
   

How to use outbreak in a sentence?

1. Feng Zijian:

   I don't think we've got to that point -- if we try to open even when 60 % or 80 % of population are vaccinated, it could still lead to a severe outbreak, it largely depends on the technical considerations, societal consensus and political concerns.

2. Pham Van Dong:

   We have culled around 4.7 million pigs and, as you can see, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed that the outbreak has now spread to all 63 provinces and cities.

3. Gavin Screaton:

   Although this work is at a very early stage, it suggests previous exposure to dengue virus may enhance Zika infection, this may be why the current outbreak has been so severe, and why it has been in areas where dengue is prevalent.

4. Michael Frennier:

   It's kind of like having a mayonnaise outbreak of E.coli and the politicians come forth and they say 'We're going to fix this to protect the people of our state and we're going to ban peanut butter tomorrow morning,'.

5. Mitt Romney:

   I find our testing record nothing to celebrate whatsoever, the fact is( South Korea's) test numbers are going down, down, down now because they don't have the kind of outbreak now. Ours are going up, up, up, because they have to.

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