epidemics (Meaning)
epidemics
affecting or tending to affect an atypically large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time, characterized by very widespread growth or extent, contagious sense 4, a sudden rapidly spreading outbreak or growth, spreading widely and affecting many individuals at one time, excessively prevalent, affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time, an outbreak of epidemic disease, an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many individuals at the same time, an outbreak or product of sudden rapid spread, growth, or development
Synonyms & Antonyms of epidemics
epidemics Sentence Examples
- The city was ravaged by an epidemic of cholera that claimed hundreds of lives.
- Smallpox was a widespread epidemic that decimated populations in the 18th century.
- The government implemented strict measures to prevent the spread of the SARS epidemic.
- The outbreak of the Black Death epidemic brought about a significant decline in the European population.
- Measles was once a common epidemic in childhood, but vaccines have drastically reduced its occurrence.
- Epidemics of infectious diseases have been a constant threat throughout human history.
- The Ebola epidemic in West Africa was one of the deadliest in recent times.
- The Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-1919 killed millions of people worldwide.
- The incidence of epidemics has increased in recent years due to factors such as population growth and global travel.
- Despite advances in medicine, epidemics continue to pose a significant threat to public health.
FAQs About the word epidemics
affecting or tending to affect an atypically large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time, characterized by very wides
pandemics, pestilences, infections, plagues, maladies, pests, sicknesses, ailments,illnesses, blights
slumps,doldrums,,calms
The city was ravaged by an epidemic of cholera that claimed hundreds of lives.
Smallpox was a widespread epidemic that decimated populations in the 18th century.
The government implemented strict measures to prevent the spread of the SARS epidemic.
The outbreak of the Black Death epidemic brought about a significant decline in the European population.
