FLARING (UP) Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

flaring (up)

verb

Definition of flaring (up)

present participle of flare (up)

as in having a fit

to become very angry naturally I flared up when he insulted me

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as in blazing (up)

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

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Atlanta police said a man was struck and killed on the Downtown Connector near Williams Street, snarling the morning commute for hours.

— Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
The 2012 Olympic gold medalist was named to the NBA’s 75th anniversary team in 2021 after snarling, dunking and driving with full force every play, every night.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of snarling

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Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Triton’s nitrogen geyser system Voyager 2 observed at least four dark plumes erupting from Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, during its 1989 flyby.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of erupting

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Horgan ended up incorporating some of those videos—AI slop of dogs blowing up houses with laser beam eyes, for instance—which amused Murphy.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026
Where should our distribution facilities be located to reach 99 percent of customers within two days without blowing up lease and labor costs?

— Brian Cross, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of blowing up

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Likewise, Roman will see exploding stars called supernovas that allow astronomers to measure how fast the universe has been expanding.

— Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Steiner said a mass of glacial ice dropping from a great height could have felt like a bomb exploding, resulting in the chaos that followed.

— Sibi Arasu, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploding

Verb

Still, in a great credit to their organization, the Kansas City Chiefs stuck by him while others may have immediately cut him to avoid angering the sports media mob.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
On the second day of the Test, Woodfull was hit over the heart by Larwood, angering the 50,000-strong partisan crowd.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of angering

Verb

The dispute led to a fight breaking out, during which police allege 47-year-old Victor Rivera Hartford stabbed Tellado.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
But there’s a universal element that all young adult actors must contend with — breaking out of the space.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

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