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a flame that means I'm dying, lit by someone refusing to
means A sudden burst of bright light or flame — or, by extension, a signaling device that emits one, or any abrupt intensifying (of temper, color, illness, or a widening shape).
from From the 1500s, when 'flare' first meant to spread out or shine in a sudden blaze — origin uncertain, but it sits in a family of Scandinavian words like Norwegian 'flara,' meaning to blaze or flaunt. The 'widening' sense (as in flared trousers or a flared skirt) and the 'sudden blaze' sense have grown together over centuries, since both describe something opening or bursting outward.
- burn time
- handheld marine flares blaze around three minutes
- solar cousin
- sun's flares release billions of hydrogen bomb equivalents
- heat seeker
- jets drop flares to fool missiles chasing engine heat
- color trick
- strontium burns red, copper burns blue
- old word
- meant to spread or flutter, like flared jeans
solar flare september 2024 — x-class solar flare that disrupted radio communications and caused auroras visible across northern hemisphere
carrington event 1859 — massive coronal mass ejection that caused widespread telegraph system failures across north america and europe