Associations to the word «Flashpoint»

Wiktionary

FLASHPOINT, noun. The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.
FLASHPOINT, noun. (figuratively) A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest

Dictionary definition

FLASHPOINT, noun. Point at which something is ready to blow up.
FLASHPOINT, noun. The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope