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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sudden intense happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning" [syn: outburst, burst, flare-up]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1839 1. a sudden outburst or intensification 2. a sudden bursting (as of a smoldering fire) into flame or light 3. a sudden outburst of or increase in the symptoms of a disease or condition

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flare-up Flare"-up`, n. A sudden bursting into flame; a flaring.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flare-up Flare"-up`, n. A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(flare-ups) 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. N-COUNT: usu a N of/in n