English-Swedish translations for outbreak

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