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.
Source: wiktionary
Flashpoint
Synonyms for "flashpoint" (7 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
In a match which contained several flashpoints in the crowd, including loud jeering when England's players took the knee before kick-off, objects being thrown and racist chanting, they came through a mediocre first half to take total control after the break and run out easy winners.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.