Meaning of flash point | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“The whole cursed corporation ought to be rooted out and drowned in its own incombustible product. What is the flash point of this condemned coal oil anyway?”

“The flash point of new oils varies with viscosity: higher viscosity oils have higher flash points.”

“This strategic outcrop is home to a handful of derelict buildings once used to house US military personnel. But it has become a new flashpoint in the global rivalry between Beijing and Washington, as the US struggles to develop a coherent strategy to deal with China’s rising influence in Latin America.”

“The forces of two nuclear weapons states have set about each other with clubs and rocks at one of the most forbidding flashpoints in the world, in a bloody incident that highlights the constant dangers posed by expansionist nationalism.”

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