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Synonyms for epidemic

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ep-i-dem-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛp ɪˈdɛm ɪk

Top 10 synonyms for epidemic
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Définition of epidemic

Origin :
  • c.1600, from French épidémique, from épidemié "an epidemic disease," from Medieval Latin epidemia, from Greek epidemia "prevalence of an epidemic disease" (especially the plague), from epi "among, upon" (see epi-) + demos "people, district" (see demotic).
  • adj widespread
  • noun widespread disease
Example sentences :
  • Then, too, when our artist friend was with us we were in the grasp of an epidemic of cholera.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • The antibody could be synthesized and one could attack any epidemic with confidence.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • Only fallin' in love is kind of epidemic down at the boardin' house, I guess.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Not a Moon man, on the other hand, had survived the epidemic.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • Their expenses were enlarged, as were those of the other families, by an epidemic of smallpox.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • An epidemic has prevailed at Urbino, and has entered your paternal dwelling.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • There was an epidemic of baseness over the land, and but few escaped the contagion.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • The streets were full of it; in Harvard it became an epidemic.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Lingen caught the epidemic, and ceased to think or talk about himself.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • Investigation of the water-supply showed the undoubted cause of the epidemic.
  • Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden

Antonyms for epidemic

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