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  1. intransitive verb To flame up with a bright, wavering light.
  2. intransitive verb To burst into intense, sudden flame.
  3. intransitive verb To erupt or intensify suddenly: Tempers flared at the meeting. His allergies flared up.
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  • Reconnaissance aircraft equipped with parachute flares may discover them, and as soon as a flare is dropped all movement must stop. —  Panzer Battles
  • A gas welding technique in which the flare is directed against the base metal ahead of the —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • The attorney for Megahed (pronounced MEG-uh-hed) had argued that the items were no more harmful than a road flare, and that his friend, Ahmed Mohamed, put the items in the car trunk without Megahed's knowledge. —  GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines
  • The attorney for Megahed (pronounced MEG-uh-hed) had argued that the items were no more harmful than a road flare, and that his friend, —  Atlas Shrugs
  • The attorney for Megahed had argued that the items were no more harmful than a road flare, and that his friend, Ahmed Mohamed, put the items in the car trunk without Megahed's knowledge.
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

flash ·  flicker ·  spark ·  blaze ·  explosion ·  glow ·  surge ·  glare ·  ray ·  streak ·  illumination ·  radiance

Used in the same contextWord Family

flare:   flares ·  flared ·  flaring
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  1. Of Scandinavian origin: from Norwegian flara, blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, = Swedish dial. flora upp, blaze up suddenly (cf. English flare up); the older form (with orig. s) in Swedish dial. flasa, burn furiously, blaze: see flash.
 

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