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TROUBLE SPOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trouble spot mean?
• TROUBLE SPOT (noun)
The noun TROUBLE SPOT has 2 senses:
1. a place where trouble exists or occurs regularly
2. a place of political unrest and potential violence
Familiarity information: TROUBLE SPOT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A place of political unrest and potential violence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
flashpoint; hot spot; hotspot; trouble spot
Context example:
the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots
Hypernyms ("trouble spot" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
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