flash point
/ˈflæʃ ˌpɔɪnt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The attack could prove the flashpoint for war."