Synonyms for flare-up
flare-up

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1. outburst, burst, flare-upverb

   a sudden intense happening

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

   Synonyms:
   outburst, fusillade, volley, fit, gush, tumultuous disturbance, blowup, explosion, effusion, salvo, ebullition, burst

2. flare upverb

   ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down

   "the fire flared up and died down once again"

   Synonyms:
   irrupt, erupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out

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"

   Synonyms:
   come out, flare up, 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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1. flare-upnoun

   Synonyms:
   passion, anger, outburst

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1. List of paraphrases for "flare-up":

   outbreak

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How to use flare-up in a sentence?

1. Homer:

   We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.

2. President Donald Trump:

   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.

3. Frederick Kaplan:

   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.

4. 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.

5. Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson:

   They thought that they could treat it and that he would be okay, he came back and tried for a little bit, and then it would flare up, and he would have to be out again. I know it was frustrating, really frustrating for him, and scary for him.