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Flashpoint

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of flash point. alt-of, alternative

    "Chances came and went at both ends before the flashpoint involving Vardy and Nasri, who took an age to leave the pitch after Daniele Orsato, the Italian referee, brandished a red card."

  2. 2
    the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air wordnet
  3. 3
    a place of political unrest and potential violence wordnet
  4. 4
    point at which something is ready to blow up wordnet

Etymology

From flash + point.

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