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   Flare

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   noun

   • 1. a sudden brief burst of bright flame or light: "the flare of the match lit up his face" Similar blazeflashdazzleglareburstunsteady flameflickerglimmershimmergleam
   • ▪ a device producing a bright flame, used especially as a signal or marker: "a flare gun" Similar distress signalrocketVery lightbeaconlightflashlightsignal
   • ▪ a sudden burst of intense emotion: "she felt a flare of anger within her" Similar burstrushattackeruptionexplosionboutspasmrare:access
   • ▪ a sudden explosion in the chromosphere and corona of the sun or another star, resulting in an intense burst of radiation.
   • ▪ extraneous illumination on film caused by internal reflection in the camera.
   • 2. a gradual widening, especially of a skirt or pants: "as you knit, add a flare or curve a hem" Similar wideningspread
   • ▪ an upward and outward curve of a vessel's bow, designed to throw the water outward when under way.

   verb

   • 1. burn with a sudden intensity: "the bonfire crackled and flared up" Similar blazeflashflare upflameburn unsteadilyburn violentlyburn upgleamglowglistensparkleglitterflickerglimmerscintillate
   • ▪ (of a light or a person's eyes) glow with a sudden intensity: "her eyes flared at the stinging insult"
   • ▪ (of an emotion) suddenly become manifest in a person or their expression: "alarm flared in her eyes"
   • ▪ (of an illness or chronic medical complaint) recur unexpectedly and cause further discomfort: "Tracy's pain has flared up again, this time almost beyond enduring"
   • ▪ (especially of an argument, conflict, or trouble) suddenly become more violent or intense: "a recurrent border dispute flared up again"
   • ▪ (of a person) suddenly become angry: "she flared up, shouting at Jeff"
   • 2. gradually become wider at one end: "the dress flared out into a huge train"
   • ▪ (of a person's nostrils) dilate: "his head lifted, his nostrils flaring" Similar spreadbroadenwidenget widerexpandsplaydilate
   • ▪ (of a person) cause (the nostrils) to dilate.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘spread out one's hair’): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the 17th century.

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   What are the benefits of using flares?

   • Flare systems are used to destroy corrosive, toxic, and flammable waste products during process start-ups or during upset plant conditions. This is achieved by converting them into less harmful products through combustion.

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   How do you use flares?

   • Flares are used for distress signaling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications. Flares may be ground pyrotechnics, projectile pyrotechnics, or parachute-suspended to provide maximum illumination time over a large area.

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   What are the different types of flares?

   • There are three types of elevated flare systems: guyed, derrick, and self-supporting, depending on the support structure. Guyed stacks are the simplest and most economical flare system design. They take their name from the support wires, called guys.

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   What are the consequences of flares?

   • The magnetic field lines near sunspots often tangle, cross, and reorganize. This can cause a sudden explosion of energy called a solar flare. Solar flares release a lot of radiation into space. If a solar flare is very intense, the radiation it releases can interfere with our radio communications here on Earth.

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   The sleeves are tight to the elbow, then flare out. Topics Clothes and Fashion c2 [transitive, intransitive] flare (something) if a person or an animal flares their nostrils (= the openings at the end of the nose), or if their nostrils flare, they become wider, especially as a sign of anger. The horse backed away, its nostrils flaring with fear.

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   A flare is a sudden burst of light. The flare of a lit match in the dark night is strangely beautiful.

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   flare meaning: 1. If something bad such as anger or pain flares or flares up, it suddenly starts or gets worse…. Learn more.

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   flare. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English flare1 /fleə $ fler/ verb 1 (also flare up) [ intransitive] to suddenly begin to burn, or to burn more brightly for a short time The fire flared up again. 2 (also flare up) [ intransitive] if strong feelings flare or flare up, people suddenly become angry, violent etc Rioting has flared up ...

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   flare definition: 1. If something bad such as anger or pain flares or flares up, it suddenly starts or gets worse…. Learn more.

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   Definition of flare noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.