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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a sudden intense happening;
- Example: "an outburst of heavy rain"
- Example: "a burst of lightning"
[syn: outburst, burst, flare-up]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flare-up \Flare"-up`\, n.
   1. A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.
      [Colloq.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A sudden bursting into flame; a flaring.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flare-up
    n 1: a sudden intense happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a
         burst of lightning" [syn: outburst, burst, flare-up]