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Meanings of flashpoint in English

Portuguese
ponto de fulgor
Catalan
punt d'inflamació

The lowest temperature at which a volatile material can vaporize to form an ignitable mixture in air.

ponto de fulgor
Usage of flashpoint in English
1
China has long been a flashpoint for disputes over intellectual property rights.
Reuters
2
The scheduling of a National Front march was the most recent flashpoint.
The Irish Times
3
The first flashpoint came from Jack McMillan's sliding challenge on Glen Kamara.
BBC
4
Q&A Why have universities become a flashpoint in the Hong Kong protests?
The Guardian
5
Dom sloped his Lancer on his shoulder, waiting for the next flashpoint.
Anvil Gate
6
By 2010, Acapulco had become a flashpoint for Mexico's bloody drug wars.
News.com.au
7
Tiny islands in the South China Sea have become a potential global flashpoint.
BBC
8
THE South China Sea is again a flashpoint of international tensions.
News.com.au
9
The two countries' collaboration on nuclear power stations could be the next flashpoint.
Reuters
10
Kashmir was labelled the world's most dangerous nuclear flashpoint just two years ago.
The Irish Times
11
This marks the latest flashpoint in years of legal fights among King's children.
Reuters
12
Rioting has flared tonight in a number of flashpoint areas of north Belfast.
The Irish Times
13
The territorial dispute between Japan and China added a new flashpoint.
Reuters
14
Therefore they must be forcefully broken up before they reach flashpoint.
News.com.au
15
Expensive green power was a flashpoint in last October's Ontario election.
Reuters
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The flashpoint of the current debate is the border between Queensland and NSW.
News.com.au
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Translations for flashpoint
Portuguese
ponto de fulgor
Flashpoint through the time
Flashpoint across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare