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

Verb

Your originality can solve the tension without blowing up the plan.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Lynn had perhaps the special teams coverage play of the week in the fourth quarter, blowing up tight end Lake McRee on a kickoff before making the tackle.

— Daniel Popper, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of blowing up

Verb

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

However, Gemini halted withdrawals from its Earn program in November 2022, angering some of its more than 300,000 users.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Newsom also wants to reduce payments that fire victims can receive for non-economic damages including pain and suffering, angering victims of the Eaton fire.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 27 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

Definition of breaking out

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