sars
/sˈɑɹz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Initialism of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a Nigerian police unit known for police brutality and corruption.
name
Example Sentences
- "SARS set off a panic about global spread and contagion."
- "Coronaviruses are worrying because epidemics caused by other members of the viral family, SARS and MERS, have had high death rates: 10 percent for SARS, and about 35 percent for MERS."
- "Dad bends down so we're eye to eye and goes over all the risks of the coronavirus again—pneumonia, difficulty breathing, and even death. I swallow hard. "This is serious," he says. "It could be like SARS all over again.""
- "The WHO’s response to Sars was considered a huge success. Fewer than 1,000 people worldwide died of the disease, despite it reaching a total of 26 countries."