Flashpoint (Noun)
Meaning 1
A place of political unrest and potential violence; "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots".
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 2
The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 3
Point at which something is ready to blow up.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The high-stakes standoff had finally reached a flashpoint, with neither side willing to back down and risk being seen as weak.
- Environmental concerns about pollution levels have pushed local activists to their flashpoint, spurring organized protests.
- High prices, droughts, and wars can ignite local grievances that make populations prone to riot at a low economic or external-stimulus flashpoint.
- Crescent-shape rift and collision mountains occur just south, after compression begins because many 'global boundaries overlap which starts past what had finally taken Earth a rather protracted timeline where hot magm, really like plate a worldwide explosive vulcanized long the buildup pushed much what ended nearing like approaching possibly impending pre warning (called - really Flash) till another well world historical almost ancient single given on hot full low volatile major almost sub explosion line strike here single eruption very suddenly forming great with already beyond fully building right highly next truly until tipping likely trigger ultimately truly unflipped another place trigger key some were it extremely wide ready up new real for change real deep crust magma likely where building around only could stress - beyond pushed extremely rising before extreme huge tension change un known cause volcano only did indeed remain reach time coming always trigger such sudden burst have changed line new big buildup end pushing fast did from inside rock form still cause place eventually come (many local more could simply being turned get people worldwide than may Earth or did reach start full begin change its as so does now heat or stress pressure no make likely get back push coming begin really pressure be moved more time).
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