noun [usuallysing.]
1 a sudden expression of angry or violent feeling:
a flare-up of tension between the two sides
2 (of an illness) a sudden painful attack, especially after a period without any problems or pain
3 the fact of a fire suddenly starting to burn again more strongly than before:
a flare-up of the bushfires
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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