Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with outbreak in American Collocation
outbreak
noun
countable
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
very bad
There was devastating outbreak of cholera which killed many in the 1830s.
happening occasionally or again
The East End has seen sporadic outbreaks of mob violence.
possible/definite
Three toddlers have been taken to hospital after a suspected outbreak of the E coli virus.
sudden
There was a sudden outbreak of theft and Roddy was suspected.
of a particular disease
England is experiencing its biggest measles outbreak in 20 years.
worldwide
There is currently a significant risk of a worldwide pandemic influenza outbreak.
infectious
Nationally and internationally infectious disease outbreaks of farm animals can have devastating results.
how caused
Gastroenteritis, the illness most often cause by waterborne outbreaks, is not uncommon and has many causes.
cause an outbreak
Many believe that it was military and strategic factors that precipitated the outbreak of war in 1914.
deal with or stop an outbreak
There is a detailed contingency plan to eradicate any outbreak of avian flu in poultry.
say there is or will be an outbreak
Police feared outbreaks of violence between the contending factions.
disease
In the 13th Century a terrible outbreak of the plague, known as the Black Death, hit London.
violence
He was in Paris just before the outbreak of hostilities in 1939.