social explosion
Frequency: 4.52.1 per million words
figurative: a sudden and violent expression of social discontent
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Examples (10)
- If no action is taken, the country runs the risk of a social explosion.
- The government fears a social explosion if unemployment continues to rise.
- Economic inequality could trigger a social explosion in the region.
- Political corruption has created the conditions for a social explosion.
- Widespread poverty may lead to a violent social explosion.
- The protesters warned of a social explosion unless reforms are implemented.
- Rising food prices could spark a social explosion among the working class.
- The dictator's policies brought the nation to the brink of social explosion.
- Experts predict a social explosion if the housing crisis worsens.
- The massive layoffs threatened to cause a social explosion in the city.