Powder keg

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A barrel containing gunpowder.
  2. 2
    keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder wordnet
  3. 3
    An explosive or otherwise volatile situation. figuratively

    "powder keg of Europe (term describing the unstable state of the Balkans before World War I)"

  4. 4
    a potentially explosive state wordnet

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"powder keg of Europe (term describing the unstable state of the Balkans before World War I)"

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