major outbreak

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandoutbreak

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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outbreak
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaʊt.breɪk/us
/ˈaʊt.breɪk/
a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something else dangerous ...
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(Definition ofmajorandoutbreakfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In (c) there are nine extinctions and onemajoroutbreakthat persists for 30 years.
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For each individual chicken that is infected at introduction there is this probability of a minor outbreak and the opposite probability of amajoroutbreak.
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This results means that a singlemajoroutbreakcannot be attributed to the not-optimally immunized first parity sows alone.
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In that case the observed number of cases in time should be compatible with a singlemajoroutbreak.
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During the outbreak, caterpillar densities for themajoroutbreakspecies averaged 1.6 larvae per young leaf and 0.18 larvae per leaf for leaves of all ages.
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The prison officers said that they were worried that they could not control anymajoroutbreakof prison violence.
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The implications of a furthermajoroutbreakwould he disastrous not only for the farming industry but for the community in general.
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There has been nomajoroutbreakof flu, except in my own case.
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This is a national issue and it must be resolved before the nextmajoroutbreakwhich, tragically, is bound to happen sooner or later.
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Therefore, we have had 34 years without amajoroutbreakof the disease.
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It was amajoroutbreakof salmonella food poisoning affecting 355 patients and 106 members of staff, with the tragedy of 19 people dying.
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We have had 20 years free from foot and mouth disease and it is 33 years since the lastmajoroutbreak.
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It occurred only about a month or so before themajoroutbreak.
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Then in the event of amajoroutbreak, second-line hospital accommodation is opened as near as possible to the main focus of infection.
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I must repeat that many farmers are convinced that it is only a matter of time before we have amajoroutbreakof animal disease resulting from importation.
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First of all, there is the provision of a deterrent in the event of amajoroutbreakof war.
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If there should be amajoroutbreakof pestilence as a result of sewage contaminating our people's homes, whom shall we blame and to whom shall we go for redress?
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