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flare
verb as in increase activity suddenly
Example Sentences
The Israeli embassy in the Netherlands earlier warned Israelis in Amsterdam to avoid Dam square, saying the event "may flare up into significant violent incidents".
Taking over the original production, choreographer Kitty McNamee, in her first attempt at opera direction, brought a breath of fresh air by moving everyone onstage, including the chorus, with grace and flare.
My head pain was quelled thanks to the drugs, but now my neck and back began to flare up, the previous day’s slouching and craning setting in.
Cole got ahead of Freeman with a 1-and-2 count and Freeman fouled off a 93-mph changeup before getting just enough of a 99.5-mph fastball on the inside corner to fist a flare to shallow center for a two-run single that cut the Yankees’ lead to 5-3.
There’s a flare of science fiction to the origin of white-nose syndrome.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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