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flash point

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of flash point

1 a potentially explosive place or situation

  • that troubled region remains one of the world's most dangerous flash points
Synonyms of flash point

powder keg, time bomb, tinderbox, volcano
Words Related to flash point

hot button, third rail

2 a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

  • tensions between the two longtime adversaries were at a flash point
Synonyms of flash point

boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, exigency, extremity, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour
Words Related to flash point

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
Phrases Synonymous with flash point

moment of truth, point of no return

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