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1
a potentially explosive place or situation
- officials sought to calm the situation, which had grown into a tinderbox
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2
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
- while the country's prime minister was meeting with the U.S. president, a political tinderbox was igniting at home
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“Tinderbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinderbox. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of tinderbox was in 1530
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