The phrase
"widespread outbreak" means that a disease or a problem is spreading rapidly over a large area, affecting a lot of people or things.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«widespread»
«outbreak»
Sentences with «widespread outbreak»
- The academies added that more cooperation is needed to cut the risk of widespread outbreaks of infectious diseases. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
- Zika was known for 60 years as a mild virus that appeared sporadically, but since 2007, two troubling shifts have taken place, Dye said: Zika virus now results in widespread outbreaks of hundreds or thousands of cases, and it is associated with neurological disorders like microcephaly and Guillain - Barre syndrome, a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks the nerves. (aaas.org)
- Viruses and parasites pose a threat to the blood supply as evidenced by the recent widespread outbreaks of Chikungunya and Zika viruses. (bsrisf.org)
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