flare up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down
the fire flared up and died down once again
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
erupt or intensify suddenly
Unrest erupted in the country
Types & categories
- deepen hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ignite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kindle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flare-up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | outbreak |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | deepen |