flash point
noun
1
: the lowest temperature at which vapors above a volatile combustible substance ignite in air when exposed to flame
2
: a point at which someone or something bursts suddenly into action or being
Examples of flash point in a Sentence
The city became a flash point as political tensions grew.
The situation reached a flash point when union leaders urged the workers to protest.
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Well, the Trump administration is at the center of three fast-moving international flash points, first Russia and Ukraine.
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 11 May 2025
And one of the biggest flash points in this is this trade standoff with China.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 4 May 2025
Kashmir is now once again one of the world’s riskiest flash points.
—Sushant Singh, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
The argument has become one of the most prominent flash points in the Trump regime’s efforts to bigfoot state authorities.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 11 May 2025
And one of the biggest flash points in this is this trade standoff with China.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 4 May 2025
Kashmir is now once again one of the world’s riskiest flash points.
—Sushant Singh, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
The argument has become one of the most prominent flash points in the Trump regime’s efforts to bigfoot state authorities.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flash point
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“Flash point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flash%20point. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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