Meanings of became epidemic in English

There was much sickness in the town-somuch that it became epidemic.

Colonial revolt, endemic in every civilization, became epidemic after American colonials.

An attack of hysteria which broke out at a banquet and became epidemic in the newspapers.

Of course disease became epidemic, for in the leaky hovels, dirt-floored and destitute of any convenience, there could be no effort at sanitation.

Sundry persons approaching the tomb were thrown into convulsions, hysterics, and catalepsy; these diseases spread, became epidemic, and soon multitudes were similarly afflicted.