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flare
/flɛə̯/
noun
A sudden bright light.
A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
"solar flare"
A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
verb
To cause to burn.
To cause inflammation; to inflame.
To open outward in shape.
"The building flared from the third through the seventh floors to occupy the airspace over the entrance plaza. (intransitive)"
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