🌊spate

noun
/speɪt/

Meaning

a large number of things occurring in quick succession

Example Sentences

There has been a spate of robberies in the city.

Synonyms

series, flood, wave, outbreak, rush

Antonyms

trickle, scarcity

Collocations

spate of robberies, spate of attacks, spate of complaints, spate of accidents

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