flash point
flash point
nounDefinition of FLASH POINT
1
a potentially explosive place or situation <that troubled region remains one of the world's most dangerous flash points>
Related Words hot button, third rail
2
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action <racial tensions in the city were at a flash point>
Synonyms boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour
Related Words contingency, possibility; climax, turning point; happening, landmark, milestone; condition, pass, situation, strait; deadlock, impasse, stalemate; corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot; eleventh hour, last minute
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