Associations to the word «Flashpoint»
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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.