powder keg
Example Sentences
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In 1768 King George III filled Boston with armed troops, creating a powder keg; in two years the spark of a single rifle shot would explode the Boston Massacre.
On Monday morning, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche described the situation as a "powder keg".
From BBC
For Crudup, Timothy isn’t a bitter powder keg but a man looking for a little closure, someone who has made peace with the past until the moment he doesn’t get the apology he’s expecting.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's a powder keg now and we need to get something done and we need the Home Office to listen," he added.
From BBC
The press and the then-burgeoning powder keg of social media ran with it.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
