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`v. flared, flar-ing, flares
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`1. To flame up with a bright, wavering light.
`2. To burst into intense, sudden flame.
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`a. To erupt or intensify suddenly: Tempersflared at the meeting. His allergiesflared up.
`b. To become suddenly angry. Used with up: Heflared up when she alluded to hisfinancial difliculties.
`c. To make a sudden angry verbal attack. Used with out: flared out at his accusers.
`4. To expand or open outward in shape: a skirt thatflaresfrom the waist; nostrils thatflared with anger.
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`1. To cause to flame up.
`2. To signal with a blaze of light.
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`1. A brief wavering blaze of light.
`2. A device that produces a bright light for signaling, illumination, or identification.
`3. An outbreak, as of emotion or activity.
`4. An expanding or opening outward.
`5. An unwanted reflection within an optical system or the resultant fogging of the image.
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