flareup
a sudden flaring up of flame or light.
a sudden outburst or intensification, as of anger or tensions.
a sudden outbreak of violence, disease, or any other condition thought to be quelled, checked, or inactive.
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How to use flareup in a sentence
A new report now links pollution from that Camp Fire to flareups of eczema.
Warning: Wildfires might make you itch | Kathiann Kowalski | June 3, 2021 | Science News For StudentsMore recent flareups and changing restrictions are hampering the restart of travel as they make reliable trip-planning near impossible.
Airport COVID testing hubs and new travel corridors are part of a plan to revive U.S.-Europe air travel | Bernhard Warner | August 19, 2020 | FortuneThe latest flareup has sparked a substantive argument over whether networks should place any limits on their opinion-mongers.
flareup had, as usual, lighted his weed, and was sending the smoke into the face of May Sandon.
The Cruise of the Frolic | W.H.G. KingstonIn fact, I got the distinct impression that he showed no flareup, no animosity when Connally's name was mentioned.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for flare-up
a sudden burst of fire or light
informal a sudden burst of emotion or violence
to burst suddenly into fire or light
informal to burst into anger
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Other Idioms and Phrases with flareup
Suddenly become angry, as in She flared up at the slightest provocation. This metaphoric expression, dating from the mid-1800s, transfers a sudden burst of flame to sudden rage.
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