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TROUBLE SPOT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place of political unrest and potential violenceplay

Example:

the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots

Synonyms:

flashpoint; hot spot; hotspot; trouble spot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("trouble spot" is a kind of...):

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A place where trouble exists or occurs regularlyplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("trouble spot" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

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