Break and Outbreak

Break

Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

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Outbreak and break are semantically related In some cases you can use "Outbreak" instead a noun "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Outbreak noun - A sudden and usually temporary growth of activity.

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Break and outbreak are semantically related in sudden happening topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Outbreak".

Nearby Word: outbreaking

fake	fake break	fake outbreak
initial	initial break	initial outbreak
actual	actual break	actual outbreak
entire	entire break	entire outbreak
Other adjectives: real, massive, big, serious, huge, main, new, major, possible, minor, apparent, momentary, last, occasional, sudden, bigger.

A 10-and-a-half minute song about a zombie outbreak still manages to squeeze in a little break to play... elevator music?

Source: BLAM / Music
The only possible way that Umbrella could even break even was if an "accidental" outbreak occurred and killed all of the staff so they didn't have to get paid...

Source: Cut Lex Luthor a Check
Luck Based Event: In the "Outbreak" scenario, certain events have a 1/16 chance of triggering such as seeing a wine bottle fall and break.

Source: Video Game / Resident Evil Outbreak

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