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Flare up

verb

Ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down.

Erupt or intensify suddenly. Synonyms: break open, burst out, erupt, flare, irrupt. "Tempers flared at the meeting" , "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

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"Flare up" Quotes from Famous Books

... round, in fact," she added serenely, "with the chocs and Elvas plums!—No! Don't flare up!" Her fingers caressed the back of his hand. "In mercy to you, I diplomatically sat down upon the idea, and remained seated till it was extinct. So you're saved—by your affianced wife, whom you don't seem in a frantic hurry ...

— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver

... the fleet commander again brought the German squadrons upon the southerly and southwesterly course where the enemy was last seen, could our opponents be found. Only once more—shortly before 10.30 o'clock—did the battle flare up. For a short time in the late twilight German battle cruisers sighted four enemy capital ships to seaward and opened fire immediately. As the two German battleship squadrons attacked, the enemy turned and vanished in the darkness. Older German light cruisers of the fourth reconnoissance ...

— History of the World War - An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War • Francis A. March and Richard J. Beamish

... old pal I know you will do like I ask and go and see her and maybe you better go alone but if you do take Bertha along I guess it would be better and not let Bertha say nothing to her because Florrie is the kind that flare up easy and specially when they think they are a little better then somebody. But if you could just drop her a hint and say that she should ought to be proud to be a widow to a husband that died for Uncle Sam and she ought to ...

— The Real Dope • Ring Lardner

... extends throughout all the section down into Persia, which has so complicated the situation on this front. For not only are the two military forces fighting here, but wherever governmental authority is momentarily relaxed, there these mutual animosities flare up into active expression and the most barbarous features of warfare take place, such as the massacres of the Armenians by the Mohammedans. Neither Turkey nor Russia has been especially eager to suppress these bitter feuds, even in time of peace. In time of ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

... the Daffydowndilly, committed suicide by jumping down the chimney of the steamer under his command. The rash act occasioned a momentary flare up, but did not impede the ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various

Words linked to "Flare up" : intensify, break open, flare-up, ignite, burst out, erupt, kindle, irrupt, flare, inflame, light, deepen