tinderbox
noun[C]
uk/ˈtɪn.də.bɒks/us/ˈtɪn.dɚ.bɑːks/adangerousanduncontrolledsituationin whichviolenceislikelytohappen:
(可能发生暴乱的)危险局势Theracialtensionin theareamakes it a tinderboxreadytoignite.这个地区的种族紧张局势一触即发。
Social order & disorder
- anarchic
- anarchism
- anarchist
- anarchistic
- anarchy
- bedlam
- disorganization
- disorganized
- disturb
- ferment
- free-for-all
- havoc
- instability
- riot
- rioting
- riotousness
- social exclusion
- strife
- turbulence
- turbulent