epidemic
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epidemics
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epidemics
Britannica Dictionary definition of EPIDEMIC
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1
medical
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an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people
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a flu epidemic
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the AIDS epidemic
2
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a sudden quickly spreading occurrence of something harmful or unwanted
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a crime epidemic
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an epidemic of bankruptcies
— epidemic
adjective-
an epidemic disease
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The violence has now reached epidemic proportions.
