Meanings
nountrouble spot (plural trouble spots)
plural trouble spots · alternative troublespot
- A location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.
Difficulties were met by keeping permanent way and maintenance staff on duty and organising mobile squads to move as required to trouble spots.
1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna place of political unrest and potential violence
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Broader
geographical areageographic areageographical region
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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