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Flare-up   /flɛr-əp/   Listen
Flare-up

noun
1.
A sudden intense happening.  Synonyms: burst, outburst.  "A burst of lightning"





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... Dr. T.D. Anderson at Edinburgh in January 1892. At its greatest brightness it attained to about the fourth magnitude. By April it had sunk to the twelfth, but during August it recovered to the ninth magnitude. After this last flare-up it gradually ...
— Astronomy of To-day - A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language • Cecil G. Dolmage


Words linked to "Flare-up" :   outburst, salvo, happening, rush, flare up, occurrent, natural event, occurrence


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