A sudden intense happening.
A sudden intensification in activity.
1 Despite a positive trajectory, a flare - up or second wave is not impossible.
2 A crash or flare - up of symptoms can last days, weeks or months.
3 But there was to be one final flare - up ere the end came.
4 The north London doctor certainly does not think London will escape another flare - up .
5 That flare - up was also sparked by claims of Israeli drone use in Lebanon.
6 Handwashing and social distancing remain important habits to prevent unexpected flare - up .
7 The state is now at the epicentre of a major flare - up .
8 A flare - up in 2007 forced him to quit as prime minister.
9 No untoward adverse events, visible irritation, or significant flare - up were observed.
10 Gentleness and firmness were the notes for dealing with a flare - up .
11 Perhaps the dance had given the last flare - up to Christine's love.
12 That's not withstanding the occasional flare - up in tensions in the mid-term.
13 There'll be the devil of a flare - up before he has done.
14 I, for one, might never have gotten that flare - up of psoriasis to subside.
15 Already dozens have been killed and several hundred wounded in the latest flare - up .
16 South Ossetian separatists appear to have started the latest flare - up of violence, Fried said.
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