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Added 9 October 2026

flaring

adjective

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Having a tendency of streaming, flapping, or spreading broadly as if within a current of air or in outer space.

verb

present participle and gerund of flare

noun

The act of something that flares.
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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