serious outbreak

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandoutbreak

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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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 ofseriousandoutbreakfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is, in fact, the mostseriousoutbreaksince 1937.
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There were no provisions to handle aseriousoutbreakof disease and there were no proper financial controls to manage the outbreak.
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We had aseriousoutbreakin 1968, when 78 people were affected.
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Now, however, we have had a veryseriousoutbreak, quite unlike anything which has occurred since this policy was first initiated.
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It is important to remember that this was aseriousoutbreakof infection.
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The result was a veryseriousoutbreakin 1919.
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Nevertheless, this is a veryseriousoutbreak, which is likely to have a long tail.
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I believe that, before the end of the day, a statement should he made on thisseriousoutbreak.
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It needs only one very serious case to get into this country to produce aseriousoutbreak.
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There was aseriousoutbreakof violence, which went largely unreported in the national press.
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A furtherseriousoutbreakwould cause even more suffering.
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This is in fact the mostseriousoutbreaksince 1937.
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We all deeply regret the losses which have been suffered in the veryseriousoutbreakhe referred to.
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I do not wish to tie his hands in the case of a furtherseriousoutbreak, but the matter requires further thought.
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But, let us suppose the worst: that there was a sudden andseriousoutbreakof disorder which required immediate action.
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The reallyseriousoutbreakof recent years took place in 1951.
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Aseriousoutbreakcould deal it a blow from which it could never recover.
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Take, again, aseriousoutbreakof organised crime.
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There is no doubt that this country was greatly shocked, and the agriculturists were greatly concerned, by theseriousoutbreakwhich occurred last year.
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