solar flare

noun

: a sudden temporary outburst of energy from a small area of the sun's surface

called also flare

Examples of solar flare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The film ominously warns of an inevitable solar flare on the scale of the 1859 Carrington Event, one that, once unleashed, would reduce all communications networks, the foundations of so much of our modern world then and even more now, to dust. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

There have been plenty of powerful, spacecraft-frying solar flares in our planet’s history. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

These sunspots produce a lot of solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which are kind of bursts and eruptions of energy from the sun's atmosphere, and at solar minimum, the sun has none of these things. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026

The swirls could also fuel the buildup of the sun’s magnetic energy, which drives solar flares and coronal mass ejections. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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Kids Definition

solar flare

noun

: a sudden temporary outburst of energy from a small area of the sun's surface