Flare and Increase

Flare

Flare noun - A sudden and usually temporary growth of activity.

Usage example: a flare in antacid sales around the holidays

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Increase and flare are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Increase" instead a noun "Flare".

Nearby Words: flaring, flared

Increase noun - Something added (as by growth).

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Flare and increase are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flare" instead a noun "Increase".

short	short flare	short increase
direct	direct flare	direct increase
standard	standard flare	standard increase
small	small flare	small increase
Other adjectives: massive, large, little, new, dramatic, unexpected, extra, immense, double, sudden, resulting.

energy	flare energy	increase energy
powers	flare powers	increase powers

It's later revealed that the disaster was caused by an increase of radiation from a Solar Flare Disaster; the descendents only assumed this as the surviving literature all spoke of fear of nuclear armageddon.

Source: Future Imperfect

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