Meaning & use
flaring
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Burning suddenly and briefly with a bright, unsteady flame, or, more broadly, suddenly becoming more intense or widening outward.
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The match kept flaring and going out in the wind.
Tensions between the two neighbors were flaring again over the property line.
A note on using this word
Also used for shapes that widen gradually outward, as in "flaring trousers" or "flaring nostrils."
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