flare
verb [I] (GET WORSE) /fleər/
/fler/ (also flare up)Definition
› When something bad such as violence, pain, or anger flares (up), it suddenly starts or gets much worse: Violence flared up again last night. Tempers flared after a three-hour delay at Gatwick Airport yesterday.Exploding and erupting
(Definition of flare verb (GET WORSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- blast noun (EXPLOSION)
- blast verb (EXPLODE)
- blow (sb/sth) up phrasal verb
- blow verb (DESTROY)
- blowout noun (EXPLOSION)
- burst in on sb/sth phrasal verb
- burst in/into (somewhere) phrasal verb
- burst noun (BREAK)
- burst verb
- dynamite verb
- erupt verb (VOLCANO)
- explode verb (BREAK APART)
- explosion noun (BURST)
- flame verb (EMOTION)
- go off phrasal verb (EXPLODE)
- go pop idiom
- go up phrasal verb (EXPLODE)
- implode verb
- pop noun (SOUND)
- pop verb (SOUND)
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