flash point | Definition of flash point

Synonyms and Antonyms of flash point

1 a potentially explosive place or situation

that troubled region remains one of the world's most dangerous flash points

Synonyms of flash point

powder keg, time bomb, tinderbox, volcano

Words Related to flash point

hot button, third rail

2 a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

tensions between the two longtime adversaries were at a flash point

Synonyms of flash point

boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, exigency, extremity, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour

Words Related to flash point

contingency, possibility

climax, turning point

happening, landmark, milestone

condition, pass, situation, strait

deadlock, impasse, stalemate

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

eleventh hour, last minute

Phrases Synonymous with flash point

moment of truth, point of no return