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Flared

To cause to burn.

📖 Definitions of "Flared"

verb
  1. 1

    To cause to burn.

  2. 2

    To cause inflammation; to inflame.

  3. 3

    To open outward in shape.

    "The building flared from the third through the seventh floors to occupy the airspace over the entrance plaza. (intransitive)"

  4. 4

    To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

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WordDefinition
increasingnounOn the increase.
flaringnoun(oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction; gas flaring.

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increasingnounOn the increase.
sparkedThat has had sparks (of electricity) passed through it
burntnounDamaged or injured by fire or heat.
trashed(slang) drunk.
wasted(slang) Very drunk or stoned.
caught(cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
burnedDamaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.
combustedverbTo burn; to catch fire.
eruptedverb(intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
increasedmade greater in size or amount or degree
ragedverb(intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.
started"Started" is a song recorded by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea for her second studio album In My Defense.
torchedverb(transitive) (informal, originally US) To intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance of some other criminal act (e.g. insurance fraud or the destruction of evidence).
wipedverb(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
swelledfeeling self-importance
spreadverb(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
splayedwide open
fannedBrought into a more passionate or extreme state; invigorated.
expandedincreased in extent or size or bulk or scope
widenedverb(transitive) To make wide or wider.

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