Powder Keg Definition

noun
A small barrel used to store gunpowder.
Webster's New World
A potential source of violence, war, disaster, etc.
Webster's New World
A potentially explosive situation or thing.
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Other Word Forms of Powder Keg

Noun

Singular:
powder keg
Plural:
powder-kegs

Powder Keg Sentence Examples

  • Lessons to be learned In some ways the action research ignited a powder keg that had been waiting to go off.

  • The Middle East conflict has long been recognized as a potential powder keg.

  • Secondly, you also asked the very good question about what can be done about the Balkan powder keg?

  • Uzbekistan may not blow up today, but it remains a powder keg.

  • The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia could well become the next powder keg.

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GEGKEG

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