outbreak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: outbreak	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for outbreak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outbreak n a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities" Synonym(s): outbreak, eruption, irruption
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Outbreak \Out"break`\, n. A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection. [bd]Mobs and outbreaks.[b8] --J. H. Newman. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. --Shak.