volatile situation

collocation in English

meaningsofvolatileandsituation

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volatile
adjective
uk
/ˈvɒl.ə.taɪl/us
/ˈvɑː.lə.t̬əl/
likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially by ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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The removal of travel restrictions additionally complicated avolatilesituation.
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An increasinglyvolatilesituationon the ground demanded that something be done.
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Widespread discontent prompted by economic and political grievances created avolatilesituation, in which ideas about the reform of church and society rapidly took hold.
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Some among the leadership, however, argued that sustaining the movement any longer would create economic hardships for the workers and that a morevolatilesituationcould ensue.
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This will not lead to the security and stability of which we are talking but to a highly unstable,volatilesituation.
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This is a highlyvolatilesituationand everyone on both sides of the industry has been engaged in trying to contain it.
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Secondly, we should do what we can to improve stability of trade in a veryvolatilesituation.
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This is a highlyvolatilesituationin which circumstances can alter.
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Is it not astonishing that, in such a highlyvolatilesituation, arms and ammunition seem to be so readily obtainable?
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We should not allow avolatilesituation, which can only be damaging to our interests.
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In a politicallyvolatilesituation, that surely is a recipe for disaster.
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With our co-operation, they can be successful in supplying the essential ingredient that will stabilise a dangerouslyvolatilesituation.
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But official recognition would establish a less than useful and controversial precedent, serving only to exacerbate an alreadyvolatilesituation.
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I had been stressing the need for sensitivity and caution in a rathervolatilesituation: there was, for example, talk of a protest strike getting under way.
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The fact is that there are all sorts of reasons why avolatilesituationmay shift decisively against an individual family without there being any great overall upheaval.
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British forces also assess that it would be unwise to try to use force to cross the road block because it would probably destabilise an alreadyvolatilesituation.
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Powers which are already recognised in law and established may change their character by being imported into an altogether different and morevolatilesituation.
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In the light of the increasingly violent andvolatilesituationreported again only this week, can he say what opportunity remains for the international community to take some action?
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We welcome the limited improvements which have taken place, but this is not the time to change our policies in what is still a very confused andvolatilesituation.
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