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Synonyms for flashpoint
flash·point

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. flashpointnoun

    Synonyms:
    hotspot, troublespot

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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. List of paraphrases for "flashpoint":

    flash-point, restive

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#13768hotspot
#28864flashpoint
#101493restive

How to use flashpoint in a sentence?

  1. Matthew Dallek:

    Religion has become less of a flashpoint.

  2. 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.

  3. James Anderson:

    We’re entering a very dangerous period, there is no question, and Taiwan is a potential flashpoint.

  4. 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.

  5. Timothy Kesicki:

    It will be the first time a pope has been in Mexico since that blew up, that's another flashpoint that I think he may have to address.


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