outbreaking
Bursting forth now
Outbreaking describes something that is breaking out or emerging suddenly.
The word appears most often in technical or scientific contexts—an outbreaking epidemic, outbreaking pest populations.
It functions as the present participle of outbreak used as a verb, though this verbal use remains relatively uncommon outside specialized fields.
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
virus · bacteria · plague · illness · affliction · syndrome · quarantine · endemic
Rapid increase in quantity
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- dispersionScattering across space
escalation · amplification · multiplication · permeation · circulation · wildfire · cascade · ripple
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
pathogen · virus · bacteria · plague · illness · affliction · syndrome · quarantine · endemic · zoonosis
proliferation
Rapid increase in quantity
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
dispersion · escalation · amplification · multiplication · permeation · circulation · wildfire · cascade · ripple · surge
volcano
Earth's fiery vent
pyroclastic · caldera · crater · vent · plume · explosive · tremor · seismic · fumarole · geyser
outbreakingcontaining
Holding within limits
suppressing · confining · restraining · controlling · bottling up
outbreakingsubsiding
Decreasing in intensity
abating · dying down · receding · waning · ebbing
outbreakingcontained
Kept within limits
controlled · suppressed · restrained · contained · confined
break, broken, breaking, unbroken, outbreak, breakable, breaker, breakage, outbreaks