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flare-up 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of noun flare-up
The noun flare-up has 1 sense
- outburst, burst, flare-up -- (a sudden intense happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning")
Overview of verb flare-up
The verb flare up has 2 senses
- flare up -- (ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again")
- erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out -- (erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism")