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TROUBLE SPOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A place of political unrest and potential violence
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 regularly
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))
