Meanings of flare when in English

He was unscrewing the fuse cap from the flare when he saw Greg and Johnny leap up from the asteroid surface.

These spores are full of resin, and they are collected on the Continent for making artificial lightning in the theatres, because they flare when lighted.

I thought of how my wards had flared when Duncan touched me.

His nostrils flared when she lowered the fabric over her bare breasts.

His nostrils flared when I tried to turn the door handle again.

Last year, tension flared when BP signed an Arctic exploration deal with Rosneft.

Violence has flared when both sides turned out in the past.

Their rivalry flared when Fabius led opposition to the EU constitutional treaty that Hollande supported.

The conflict flared when mostly non-Arab rebels took up arms against the government in 2003.

Violence flared when Morsi supporters barred their path back.

We can vote him out again next time. Violence in Tahrir flared when witnesses heard shots.

Tempers only briefly flared when a scuffle ensued after one demonstrator grabbed a sign from another.

Tensions flared when members of the rival gangs fought outside a Santa Cruz Starbucks in January 2010.

Tempers flared when some Muslims found the entry to their homes blocked by a number of caravans.

Humans counted time using waxy wicks tied with knots that flared when touched by an ascending flame.

It could also be a process akin to what causes solar flares when magnetic field lines come together.