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View definitions for flare

flare

verb as in increase activity suddenly

verb as in spread

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Unrest flared up again in the city on Monday evening when an empty tram was attacked.

From BBC

The Israeli embassy in the Netherlands earlier warned Israelis in Amsterdam to avoid Dam square, saying the event "may flare up into significant violent incidents".

From BBC

The lights came back up moments later to show him spinning Buswell around on his shoulders as pyrotechnics flared in the background.

From BBC

Taking over the original production, choreographer Kitty McNamee, in her first attempt at opera direction, brought a breath of fresh air by moving everyone onstage, including the chorus, with grace and flare.

I play a little game isolating scents in patches of wind, flaring my nostrils and parting my lips slightly, as if wine tasting.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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