outbreaks

/AW1 T B R EY0 K S/
noun
  1. 1

    An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.

    โ€œAny epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.โ€

  2. 2

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

    โ€œThere has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.โ€

  3. 3

    A sudden increase.

    โ€œThere has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.โ€

  4. 4

    A geological layer that breaks out.

Antonyms

verb
  1. 1

    To burst out.

  2. 2

    To break forth.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/outbreak, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/outbreaks