outbreaking

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English outbrekynge, equivalent to outbreak +‎ -ing and/or out- +‎ breaking.

Noun

outbreaking (plural outbreakings)

1. The act of breaking out.
2. That which bursts forth. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Etymology 2

From outbreak +‎ -ing.

Verb

outbreaking

1. present participle and gerund of outbreak

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “outbreaking”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• breaking out