tinderbox

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Substantiivi

tinderbox (monikko tinderboxes)

  1. tulukset
  2. (kuvaannollisesti) ruutitynnyri, räjähtävä tilanne
    South Lebanon is once again looking like a tinderbox. (BBC)
  3. (kuvaannollisesti) palonarka tilanne
    Even supplies of drinking water are dangerously low and the dry spell has turned the region into a vast tinderbox. (BBC)

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