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Flare-up   /flɛr-əp/   Listen
Flare-up

noun
1.
A sudden intense happening.  Synonyms: burst, outburst.  "A burst of lightning"






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"Flare-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... certainly elapsed since that sudden flare-up of disastrous passion, and in two years much can be forgotten. But after two years everything may still be remembered, as Magdalen knew well. And she feared that Michael was among those ...
— Prisoners - Fast Bound In Misery And Iron • Mary Cholmondeley

... laying again' him by that ere commission's piled up hatsful of the ready, to be sure; I don't say it ain't; but there's two thou' knocked off for Willon, and the fool don't deserve a tizzy of it. He went and put the paint on so thick that, if the Club don't have a flare-up about ...
— Under Two Flags • Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]

... see the use. O, if folks have got nothing else to do, and just want to make a flare-up—but for us in Shampuashuh, what's the good of them? For Lois and Madge, now? I ...
— Nobody • Susan Warner

... out of hand?" he said, when he had imparted the required information. "I don't blame you. If my angel would consent to marry me, I'd marry her the first available day, hour, instant. But why this haste on your part? I should have thought Miss Grant would have stipulated for the usual fuss and flare-up, bridesmaids, wedding cake, speeches, ...
— The Woman's Way • Charles Garvice

... Noogate Calendar made a rare flare-up, didn't it, gov'nor?" continued Love, looking wistfully towards the grate, if perchance any stray leaves ...
— Reginald Cruden - A Tale of City Life • Talbot Baines Reed



Words linked to "Flare-up" :   burst, occurrent, occurrence, flare up, salvo, happening, natural event, rush



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