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flare-ups
n. (plural of flare-up English)
Usage examples of "flare-ups".
Literal chaos in some instances, and sickbay was full of injuries, everything from carelessness through flare-ups to attempted suicide.
So much so that she had been ready to give herself over to Burgoyne during one of the more aggressive flare-ups of her condition.
Quarreling and bickering were incessant, violent flare-ups and passionate scenes of denunciation and vituperation were of almost hourly occurrence.
Victor Henry gestured at the angry yellow flare-ups on the black western clouds.