What does flare-up mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
outburst, burst, flare-upverb
a sudden intense happening
"an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"
flare upverb
ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down
"the fire flared up and died down once again"
erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst outverb
erupt or intensify suddenly
"Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
Wiktionary
flare-upnoun
A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity)
flare-upnoun
A sudden intensification in activity
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flare-up
A flare-up is a sudden intensification or outburst of a condition, situation, or conflict. It is often used to refer to the reappearance or worsening of symptoms of a disease or condition, such as asthma or arthritis. A flare-up can also refer to a sudden increase in violence, disagreement, or negative emotions.
Webster Dictionary
Flare-upnoun
a sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flare-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flare-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of flare-up in a Sentence
The other difficult part of FOP is that you don’t know when the next flare-up is going to occur, how long it’s going to last, how painful it’s going to feel and how disabling it’s going to be.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Proper management has ensured that there will not be a mass conflagration in the name of religious war, including a flare-up in terms of missiles from Gaza and Lebanon.
The attacks on Saudi Arabia have changed the situation. Today the risk is (that things) flare up because of a miscalculation or a disproportionate response.
The latest developments certainly raised concern that tensions will continue to flare up.
Mexico is the U.S.'s largest trading partner and a flare-up in trade tensions was definitely not on the market radar.
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