cholera epidemic

collocation in English

meaningsofcholeraandepidemic

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cholera
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒl.ər.ə/us
/ˈkɑː.lɚ.ə/
a serious infection of the bowels caused by drinking infected water or eating infected food, causing diarrhoea, vomiting, and ...
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epidemic
noun
uk
/ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/us
/ˌep.əˈdem.ɪk/
the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the ...
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(Definition ofcholeraandepidemicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We also have a responsibility for them, as they have been the victims of an unparalleled catastrophe: first an earthquake and now acholeraepidemic.
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He sent strict orders to the cabinet to prohibit it, citing acholeraepidemicin the capital as justification.
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Thecholeraepidemicof 1849, for example, provided contemporaries with graphic evidence of the tensions that could be generated by unregulated conditions in the towns.
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Furthermore, opium consumption increased considerably as a result of acholeraepidemicin 1902.
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But to emphasize their role at the expense of the impact of thecholeraepidemicis to set up a false antithesis.
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Children who became orphans during thecholeraepidemicin 1866-1867 were significantly more at risk of admission to an orphanage than children who were orphaned in other years.
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In the meantime, its troubles have been added to by thecholeraepidemicand elections, all of which has complicated the situation.
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But there was a terrible threat of acholeraepidemic.
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The even greater tragedy now is thischoleraepidemic.
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And we should also bear in mind that thecholeraepidemicis sure to increase with a change in the season.
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Seventy years ago, a greatcholeraepidemicswept over this country.
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What is wanted now on the ground is organisation and administration, in the hope that thecholeraepidemiccan be checked.
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Thecholeraepidemicof 1831 showed how inadequate parish government was for the area.
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Secondly, thecholeraepidemic, which has already been mentioned here.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Ten months after this tragedy, acholeraepidemicbroke out on the island and has claimed 3 333 lives to date.
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A spreadingcholeraepidemichas already claimed eight hundred victims, while over 16 000 people are infected.
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It is true that there was a higher death roll then than at the peak of thecholeraepidemicof 1866.
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The island battled acholeraepidemic10 months after the earthquake, and the validity of the presidential and parliamentary elections has also been called into question by international observers.
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Unbelievably, a few months after the terrible earthquake, the arrival of a hurricane brought acholeraepidemic, which made the already complicated political situation much worse.
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Will she confirm that already men, women and children are dying in disturbing numbers and that there is a real threat of a gravecholeraepidemic?
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