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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"
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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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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 latest developments certainly raised concern that tensions will continue to flare up.
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 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.
Mexico is the U.S.'s largest trading partner and a flare-up in trade tensions was definitely not on the market radar.
I want the people in Georgia to be safe, and I don't want this thing to flare up because you're deciding to do something that is not in the guidelines.
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