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Synonyms for flare up
flare up
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Princeton's WordNet
outburst, burst, flare-upverb
a sudden intense happening
"an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"
Synonyms:
outburst, fusillade, volley, flare-up, fit, gush, tumultuous disturbance, blowup, explosion, effusion, salvo, ebullition, burstflare upverb
ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down
"the fire flared up and died down once again"
Synonyms:
irrupt, erupt, flare, break open, burst outerupt, 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"
Synonyms:
come out, intrude, catch fire, ignite, blaze up, break through, extravasate, belch, burn up, flare out, flare, break open, break, burst, break out, combust, irrupt, erupt, flame, burst out, flame up, split, explode, conflagrate, push through, recrudesce, take fire, pop out
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
flare up
Synonyms:
fly into a passion, get angry, get mad, fire up, lose one's temper, boil over with rage
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1618 | break | |
#1931 | fit | |
#3684 | split | |
#6971 | flame | |
#9053 | explosion | |
#9876 | burst | |
#16632 | flare | |
#18201 | explode | |
#27242 | ignite | |
#37393 | volley | |
#37664 | outburst | |
#39753 | gush | |
#41709 | salvo | |
#49371 | effusion | |
#53129 | erupt | |
#58820 | intrude | |
#91899 | belch | |
#105516 | blowup | |
#119460 | combust | |
#167016 | ebullition | |
#242529 | fusillade |
How to use flare up in a sentence?
The crisis is being handled. ... Some areas that were very hard-hit are now doing very well. Some were doing very well, and we thought they may be gone and they flare up, and we're putting out the fires.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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