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powder keg
noun as in explosive situation
Strongest match
Weak match
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Example Sentences
They say that the Israelis framed him in order to light the powder keg of religious war over the al-Aqsa compound.
Logic is a rare bird in these parts and Crimea is nothing short of a powder keg.
The Bossi-Fini law has become a political powder keg in Italy since the tragedy.
Gao says that China is a powder keg approaching the “explosion point.”
"There goes the powder keg under the water gate," cried Tomaso.
Otherwise he would have taken a chance on burning through his thongs at the candle in the powder keg.
It came out, too, how Billy Topsail had held the candle over the powder-keg.
Some time after Felipe's departure, Stephens went to his powder-keg and measured out three charges of blasting-powder.
She would have shuddered to see a man sit carelessly down upon a powder keg with a pipe in his mouth.
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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to powder keg, such as: time bomb, and loose cannon.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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