Meaning

1 senses
  1. A location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.

More definitions
  • a place where trouble exists or occurs regularly
  • a place of political unrest and potential violence

Forms

plural: trouble spots

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a place of political unrest and potential violence:hot spothotspotflashpoint

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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