Synonyms for flare up
flare up

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1. outburst, burst, flare-upverb

   a sudden intense happening

   "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"

   Synonyms:
   outburst, fusillade, volley, flare-up, fit, gush, tumultuous disturbance, blowup, explosion, effusion, salvo, ebullition, burst

2. flare upverb

   ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down

   "the fire flared up and died down once again"

   Synonyms:
   irrupt, erupt, flare, break open, burst out

3. erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst outverb

   erupt or intensify suddenly

   "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

   Synonyms:
   come out, intrude, catch fire, ignite, blaze up, break through, extravasate, belch, burn up, flare out, flare, break open, break, burst, break out, combust, irrupt, erupt, flame, burst out, flame up, split, explode, conflagrate, push through, recrudesce, take fire, pop out

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1. flare up

   Synonyms:
   fly into a passion, get angry, get mad, fire up, lose one's temper, boil over with rage

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1. Jason Tuvey:

   The latest developments certainly raised concern that tensions will continue to flare up.

2. Sean Callow:

   Mexico is the U.S.'s largest trading partner and a flare-up in trade tensions was definitely not on the market radar.

3. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Proper management has ensured that there will not be a mass conflagration in the name of religious war, including a flare-up in terms of missiles from Gaza and Lebanon.

4. The President:

   The crisis is being handled. ... Some areas that were very hard-hit are now doing very well. Some were doing very well, and we thought they may be gone and they flare up, and we're putting out the fires.

5. Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson:

   They thought that they could treat it and that he would be okay, he came back and tried for a little bit, and then it would flare up, and he would have to be out again. I know it was frustrating, really frustrating for him, and scary for him.