Term: hot spot: a place of political unrest and potential violence
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: castration: neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: sea cow: any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: orphan site: a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: news program: a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: equivocation: intentionally vague or ambiguous
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: tattoo: the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: rib: any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: kangaroo mouse: small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: telepathy: apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions
Broader: geographical area: a demarcated area of the Earth | Unrelated: criticality: a state of critical urgency