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Meanings of tinderbox in English

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Usage of tinderbox in English
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This emotional tinderbox must be read against the backdrop of other events.
The Guardian
2
The west had been a tinderbox since Catelyn had seized Tyrion Lannister.
A Game of Thrones
3
Rummaging, he found the small metal box then dug out his tinderbox.
Orb Sceptre Throne
4
He fumbled for his tinderbox, but they were on him, truncheons swinging.
Perdido Street Station
5
The murders were mere sparks, but Great Britain was a tinderbox.
Anno Dracula
6
The arrival of Exodus Jerusalem added a highly combustible element to this tinderbox.
Speaks the Nightbird
7
Should someone have suspected that this outwardly docile population might be a tinderbox?
The Guardian
8
She found the tinderbox, and with trembling hands struck a light.
White Lies
9
The entire city would be a tinderbox-wherein a kiln could one hide?
Helen of troy
10
The tower was a tinderbox, stoked with masses of books, parchments, and scrolls.
Map of bones
11
So she was either dead, or she was a hundred-year-old tinderbox of antipathy.
Hunter's moon: a novel
12
Like the tinderbox it was, the cheap hotel was exploding into roaring flames.
Stories: all-new tales
13
Every breath I took tasted like the shavings in a tinderbox.
Bag of Bones
14
But the tinderbox issue of Palestinian refugees remains at root.
Reuters
15
Sunny, dry conditions created a tinderbox effect that we usually see in the spring.
BBC
16
He said that Allen's tinderbox was too small to start much of a blaze.
The heretic's daughter: a novel
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