flares (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of flare (up)
1
as in angers
to become very angry naturally I flared up when he insulted me

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2
as in erupts
to develop suddenly and violently my allergies always flare up in the spring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flares (up)
  1. angers
  2. erupts
  3. snarls
  4. explodes
  5. snaps
  6. breaks out
  7. glares
  8. blows up
Verb
  • The receptionist angers Kripke and Bert so much that they are picked up by the police — along with Stuart, who had also been arrested.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • According to the myth, Agamemnon angers the goddess Artemis by killing one of her sacred deer.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
Definition of angers
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  • When Tae-ha starts a fire that erupts into an explosion, a horrified Eun-sae begins to remember her life before amnesia.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Later, the Astro Toilets, a more powerful force, descend from space and a civil war erupts.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of erupts
Verb
  • Day to day, as the city grows, there’s also the question of traffic, which snarls the city as public transit initiatives have repeatedly struggled.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Security snarls The TSA PreCheck line at terminal B in LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, on March 27, 2026.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Definition of snarls
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  • Continue reading … VIRUS RECKONING — COVID fury explodes as Fauci hearing revives 'insane' lockdown nightmare tales.
    — , FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • Every other year, the sleepy Hampshire town of Farnborough explodes in cosmopolitan confusion as exhibitors, delegates, industrial giants, politicians, media, and visitors estimated at 120,000 descend over a five-day period.
    — David Szondy July 23, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Definition of explodes
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  • The box lands with a loud thud in the video before the driver snaps the photo and leaves without placing the package at the front door.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • His movement along the defensive front is creating panic from tight ends and tailbacks, who fear the mismatch against the edge rusher, who has spent the past two weeks disrupting the offense for about half a dozen snaps her practice.
    — Omar Kelly August 6, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of snaps
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  • The exact split is not something the university breaks out in its Common Data Set, so the figure comes from the admissions office rather than an audited count.
    — Jamie Beaton, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • In 1967, the Six-Day War breaks out in West Asia.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026
Definition of breaks out
Verb
  • My eleven-year-old self rolls her eyes, glares at my thirty-six-year-old body, and silently calls me fat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of glares
Verb
  • Friday’s announcement blows up Paramount’s original plan to take control of Warner by the end of September.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Sharma’s unenviable job is to trim the fat before this whole thing blows up.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
Definition of blows up
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