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• n  point at which something is ready to blow up
• n  the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air

• Her pictures often seemed like snapshots raised to flashpoint and their intention seemed to me to reinsert the freakish back into the quotidian, to make us see the human normality .
• Now, in the wake of Barack Obama's use of the saying and the McCainPalin attacks against him over it, "putting lipstick on a pig" has become the latest flashpoint in the .
• An Iraqi boy holds a leaflet in broken English that reads "Fallujah, the cemetery of the Americans," as people celebrate near a burning car in the flashpoint town of Fallujah, 50 .

• flash point

News & Articles

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• Spring Valley a flashpoint in water fight for Utah and the West
  Spring Valley a flashpoint in water fight for Utah and the West by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 14, 2013 07:03AM MDT Ely, Nev. • The Nevada state engineer should never favor one part of the Silver State over another while deciding water rights cases. But that is exactly what Jason King did last year by authorizing the export of 61,127 acre-feet of Spring Valley’s groundwater ...
  June 14, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• No clear result after Turkish PM, protesters meet
  ISTANBUL (AP) — A meeting between Turkey's prime minister and representatives of anti-government protesters ended early Friday without a clear resolution on how to end the occupation of a central Istanbul park that has become a flashpoint for the largest political crisis of his 10-year rule.
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Turkish PM meets with protesters after warning
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's prime minister was meeting with anti-government protesters early Friday, hours after giving them his "final warning" to end their occupation of a central Istanbul park that has become a flashpoint for the largest political crisis of his 10-year rule.
  June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• John Kerry in Hindu
  South Asia is also a volatile nuclear flashpoint,Mr Kerry said at the committee's hearing on the nomination of Tim Roemer, US Ambassador-designate to India.
• President Bush in Sydney Morning Herald
  We must recognise that Lebanon is the latest flashpoint in a broader struggle between freedom and terror that is unfolding across the region,Bush said in his weekly radio address.
• Ma Ying-jeou in Bloomberg
  I think under my presidency, there will be peace and prosperity across the Taiwan Strait instead of confrontation and tension,Ma said in the interview. "We know very well that the Taiwan Strait could be a flashpoint of a world crisis, but...