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Princeton's WordNet

  1. outburst, burst, flare-upverb

    a sudden intense happening

    "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"

  2. flare upverb

    ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down

    "the fire flared up and died down once again"

  3. 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

  1. flare upverb

    To burn brightly again.

  2. flare upverb

    To become more intense suddenly.

ChatGPT

  1. flare up

    A flare-up generally refers to a sudden intensification or recurrence of a condition, situation, or conflict. It can be used in various contexts including medical to indicate a worsening of symptoms, emotional to denote a sudden outburst, or social/political to describe escalating tensions.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of flare up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of flare up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of flare up in a Sentence

  1. Mark Broadbent:

    They are experienced. They know their facilities, what valves to turn. Their response time is much quicker, and they can easily resolve problems when units flare up, the companies have certainly shown they are capable of running the refineries, but over time, as more upsets occur, they will likely not be handled as quickly.

  2. Sean Callow:

    Mexico is the U.S.'s largest trading partner and a flare-up in trade tensions was definitely not on the market radar.

  3. Guy Yogo:

    The heightened surveillance means mechanisms were in place and that we were vigilant and prepared to deal with the flare-up, the population is now aware of the disease and listening to the guidance it receives from the authorities.

  4. La Russa:

    I’ve been thrown out a bunch of times in my career, but it’s all because of emotion, sometimes you flare up because you care. I repeat, it’s not our goal to yell at umpires and make them a part of whatever the game is that day. Sometimes, when you care about winning, which we do, you flare up. Umpires understand that emotion is part of it, so they hear with one ear and see with one eye, but sometimes it goes too far, and today it went too far.

  5. Lara Boniface:

    We don’t know when it’s going to start, when he will have a flare up and we still want to raise a normal, strong little boy. I don’t want to put him in a bubble and turn him into someone who’s scared all the time.


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