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flare up

1. phrasal verb
If a disease or injury flares up, it suddenly returns or becomes painful again.
Students often find that their acne flares up before and during exams. [VERB PARTICLE]
2.  See also flare [sense 2], flare [sense 3], flare-up
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flare-up

Word forms: plural flare-ups
countable noun
If there is a flare-up of violence or of an illness, it suddenly starts or gets worse.
There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
...a flare-up in her arthritis.

flare-up in British English

noun
1. 
a sudden burst of fire or light
2.  informal
a sudden burst of emotion or violence
verb flare up (intr, adverb)
3. 
to burst suddenly into fire or light
4.  informal
to burst into anger

flare-up in American English

(flɛrˌʌp)
noun
1. 
a sudden outburst of flame
2. 
a sudden, brief outburst of anger, trouble, etc.

Examples of 'flare-up' in a sentence
flare-up

He is never prepared for the power of his own fury, like the flare-up of a fever or hitting a wall at a hundred miles an hour.
Sara MacDonald SEA MUSIC (2003)
Although the flare-up was on B-floor of D-hall, the bells were audible all over the prison.
Kippax, Frank THE SCAR (2003)
But the guards, alerted by the initial flare-up, were on their way.
Lustbader, Eric FLOATING CITY (2003)

In other languages
flare up

British English: flare-up NOUN
If there is a flare-up of violence or of an illness, it suddenly starts or gets worse.
There's been a flare-up of violence in the city.
  • American English: flare-up
  • Brazilian Portuguese: explosão
  • Chinese: 突发
  • European Spanish: estallido
  • French: recrudescence
  • German: Aufflackern
  • Italian: ondata
  • Japanese: 突発
  • Korean: 악화
  • European Portuguese: explosão
  • Latin American Spanish: estallido

(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to burst suddenly into fire
The fire flared up again.
Synonyms
burn
I suddenly realized the blanket was burning.
explode
blaze
The log fire was blazing merrily.
be on fire
go up in flames
be alight
flame
His dark eyes flamed with rage.
See flare

Additional synonyms

in the sense of blaze
Definition
to burn fiercely
The log fire was blazing merrily.
Synonyms
burn,
glow,
flare,
flicker,
be on fire,
go up in flames,
be ablaze,
fire,
flash,
flame
in the sense of flame
Definition
to burn brightly
His dark eyes flamed with rage.
Synonyms
burn,
flash,
shine,
glow,
blaze,
flare,
glare

Nearby words of
flare up

  • flannel
  • flap
  • flare
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  • flash
  • flashy
  • flask

Synonyms of 'flare up'

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Chinese translation of 'flare up'

flare up

vi

  1. [disease, injury] 突然发(發)作 (tūrán fāzuò)
See flare

flare

(flɛəʳ)

n (c)

  1. (= signal) 信号(號)弹(彈) (xìnhàodàn) (枚, méi)

vi

  1. [fire, match] 火焰突然变(變)旺 (huǒyàn tūrán biàn wàng)
  2. [fighting, violence, trouble] (also flare up) 突然爆发(發) (tūrán bàofā)
  3. [tempers] 突然发(發)怒 (tūrán fānù)
  4. [nostrils] 鼓起 (gǔqǐ)

Derived Forms

flares n pl (= trousers) 喇叭裤(褲) (lǎbakù)
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