Antonyms for outbreak

Grammar : Noun

Spell : out-breyk

Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌbreɪk

Definition of outbreak

Origin : "eruption" (of disease, hostilities, etc.), c.1600, from out + break (v.). Outbreak was a verb in Middle English (c.1300).

noun sudden happening

Example sentences :

While here, Fleeming witnessed the outbreak of the Revolution of 1848, and heard the first shot.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

This outbreak terminated in a sound between a snarl and a bellow.
Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

Instead he hunted up the offended Bacons and apologized for his outbreak.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

He had expected some kind of an outbreak––at least a remonstrance from his old friend.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

“Now and then I have an outbreak of this kind,” he added lightly.
Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss

The causes which brought them about originated after the outbreak of the war.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various

Afterward it seemed as if she was ashamed of her outbreak, and she quietly subsided.
Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

"So you think we shall have no outbreak, Hemsworth," said Sir Marmaduke, as they sat at tea.
Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever

They were not of joy, still less of sorrow,—they were the outbreak of a hundred emotions.
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

He was kept in jail till the outbreak of the war, when he was set at liberty.
Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin

Synonyms for outbreak

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