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Another word for epidemic

Noun

  1. A sudden increase in something, as the occurrence of a disease

    2. See also:

    increase

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Another word for epidemic

Noun
    2. See also:

    disease

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • In 1888 there was an epidemic of yellow fever.

  • In 1903 the city was devastated by an epidemic of plague.

  • "Poor Rev. Martin died in a flu epidemic in '04," Fred said, his voice sounding duly respectful.

  • An epidemic of a fatal character had ruined the French silk producers.

  • The health of the city of Hamburg and the adjoining district may be described as generally good, no epidemic diseases having recently appeared to any serious degree.

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