English-Finnish translations for outbreak

• puhkeaminen
  Olisiko tämän taudin puhkeaminen voitu estää? Could this outbreak have been prevented?
  Uuden epidemian puhkeaminen Haitissa oli odotettua. The outbreak of another epidemic in Haiti was to be expected.
  Esimerkkinä tästä mainittakoon suu- ja sorkkataudin puhkeaminen Yhdistyneessä kuningaskunnassa vuonna 2000. An example of this is the foot-and-mouth outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2000.
• purkaus
• aalto
  flunssa-aalto

Definition of outbreak

• An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc
• An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief
• A sudden increase
• A geological layer that breaks out
• To burst out

Examples

• Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.
• There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.
• There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.

Related words

• outbred
• outbreak of war
• eradication of the outbreak