[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

outbreak \out"break`\, n.
   1. a bursting forth; eruption; insurrection; mutiny; revolt.
      "mobs and outbreaks." --j. h. newman.
      1913 webster

            the flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a sudden beginning of a violent event; as, the outbreak of
      hostilities between ethnic groups.
      pjc

   3. a sudden occurrence or manifestation; -- usually of
      disease or emotion, in one person or a group; as, an
      outbreak of measles among the students; he had an outbreak
      of shingles; an outbreak of nervousness in the mob.
      pjc

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

outbreak
     n : a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence usually of some
         undesirable condition; "the outbreak of hostilities"
         syn: eruption, irruption
see also:
eruption irruption 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

85 moby thesaurus words for "outbreak":
   a, alpha, beginning, belch, blast-off, blaze, burst, cascade,
   civil disorder, commencement, convulsion, creation, cutting edge,
   cyclone, dawn, debouchment, dissiliency, edge, emeute, eructation,
   eruption, establishment, explosion, fit, flare-up, flying start,
   foundation, fresh start, gale, general uprising, gush, gust,
   hurricane, institution, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection,
   irruption, jacquerie, jet, jump-off, kick-off, leading edge,
   levee en masse, mutiny, new departure, oncoming, onset, opening,
   origin, origination, outburst, outset, paroxysm, peasant revolt,
   putsch, rapids, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, rising,
   running start, rush, seizure, send-off, setting in motion,
   setting-up, spasm, spate, spew, spurt, square one, start,
   start-off, starting point, storm, take-off, tempest, tornado,
   torrent, upheaval, uprising, volcan, whirlwind

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