Tinderbox

Synonyms for "tinderbox" (13 found)

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Noun(3 words)
crisis pointfireboxflashpoint

Related words (6)

Noun(4 words)
powder kegtinder casetinder tintinderboxes

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crisis pointflashpointmetal boxpowder kegtin boxwooden box

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literal tinderboxtinderbox climatetinderbox environmenttinderbox politicstinderbox situation

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Haines helped himself and snapped the case to. He put it back in his sidepocket and took from his waistcoatpocket a nickel tinderbox, sprang it open too, and, having lit his cigarette, held the flaming spunk towards Stephen in the shell of his hands.

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Just bring me the old tinderbox that my grandmother forgot the last time she went down there.

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And then came the night that made America famous / Was it carelessness or someone's sick idea of a joke? / In the tinderbox trap that we hippies lived in, someone struck a spark

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Think of your blank journal as a tinderbox, a box for holding combustible materials, ready to catch fire when you sit down to work.

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