outbreak of plague

collocation in English

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outbreak
noun[C]
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/ˈaʊt.breɪk/us
/ˈaʊt.breɪk/
a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something else dangerous ...
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plague
noun[C or U]
uk
/pleɪɡ/us
/pleɪɡ/
a serious disease that kills many people, often used to refer to bubonic plague, a very infectious disease caused by bacteria spread mainly by fleas (= small insects that bite) on rats or other animals, that causes swelling, fever, and usually death in ...
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Dies in the firstoutbreakofplague.
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During the winter of 1646-1647, both sides suffered from anoutbreakofplague, and throughout the spring of 1647, operations did not make much headway.
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These paintings were preserved because after anoutbreakofplaguein the 17th century, the interior of the church was covered with lime plaster for disinfection.
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Although this epidemic has long been considered anoutbreakofplague, many modern scholars believe that typhus, smallpox, or measles may better fit the surviving descriptions.
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His figures show that in 1314, and in 1349 just after the firstoutbreakofplague, 18 per cent of tenants were women.
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This suspicion of ceremony may have stemmed from theoutbreakofplaguein 1679, after which large public funerals were regarded as a health risk.
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Anoutbreakofplaguein 1651-53 would have reduced this figure, so that the total given here may not be an underestimate for post-plague inhabitants.
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Aside from the direct effects of war, the occupation coincided with a severeoutbreakofplague.
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In 1669, population had declined to ca. 500 individuals following anoutbreakofplague.
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Further economic decline followed theoutbreakofplaguein 1593, which resulted in the death of over a third of the entire population.
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In 1803, a brigand raid plundered its buildings, and in 1812 anoutbreakofplaguecaused the abandonment of the already hardly active cloister.
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This official activity suggests that despite the few recorded cases, the government was already aware that this was a seriousoutbreakofplague.
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His actual rule was short, for he died in anoutbreakofplaguethe next year.
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However, the winter brought anoutbreakofplague, which would recur annually and sap the strength of the local resistance.
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Anoutbreakofplagueleft 20,000 of the city's residents dead.
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The towns garrison and civilians suffered terribly from hunger and disease, especially anoutbreakofplague.
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After anoutbreakofplague, they had to surrender the next year.
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Any seriousoutbreakofplaguein humans is preceded by an outbreak in the rodent population.
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The town was totally rebuilt in the early 1900s after anoutbreakofplagueand the subsequent burning down of the original town.
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