outbreak
n. （战争、疾病、暴力等的）爆发，突然发生
复数 outbreaks
例句
The area was struck by an outbreak of cholera.
那一地区爆发了霍乱。
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His death set in motion a train of events that led to the outbreak of war.
他的死引发了一系列的事件，从而导致了战争的爆发。
He was interned as an enemy alien at the outbreak of the Second World War.
他在第二次世界大战爆发时被作为敌国侨民扣押了。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
