Synonyms for flashpoint
flash·point

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1. flashpointnoun

   Synonyms:
   hotspot, troublespot

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1. flash point, flashpointnoun

   point at which something is ready to blow up

   Synonyms:
   flash point

2. flash point, flashpointnoun

   the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air

   Synonyms:
   flash point

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1. • Criticality
   • Temperature

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1. List of paraphrases for "flashpoint":

   flash-point, restive

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How to use flashpoint in a sentence?

1. Van Drew:

   This year, this very year is a flashpoint election, are we going to allow ourselves just to be like any other nation in the world, or are we going to keep America great?

2. Kay Stimson:

   The flashpoint in past cycles has been attempts by international observers to enter polling places or maintain a presence near voting sites in states where such missions are not authorized or permitted by state law, we’ve provided the OSCE mission leaders with information on the states in this camp, so now it’s up to them to abide by the law while they’re in the U.S.

3. Carol Folt:

   That Confederate monument has been a flashpoint and a divisive symbol for decades, and especially since Charlottesville, has been the focus of increasing frustration, anxiety and pain for people.

4. John Venable of D.C.-based:

   Any time you have a high flashpoint on the ground, there’s an array out there called the Space-Based Infrared System, and we can detect just about any major launch or explosion on the face of the Earth, but the ability to track those once they actually leave the atmosphere and start their trajectory is complicated by the movement of these vehicles.

5. Phil Watson:

   Modern gun laws became a political flashpoint in the late 1960s through the current day withthe passage of several new state and federal gun laws. The dividing lines became more clear in the 1990s with a controversial ban on the production of semi-automatic rifles.