flammable

1. (figurative) Very likely to cause fighting or controversy; extremely contentious.Examples: "In considering the possible commitment of U.S. forces to South Vietnam , the Joint Chiefs of Staff have reviewed the overall critical situation in Southeast Asia with particular emphasis upon the present highly flammable situation in South Vietnam."; "They could stuff their ears with cotton, but they could not, after all, fight such flammable ideas ( at least not in the public squares where Attucks's war whoops could still be heard )."; "With her play Diamond Lil, she discovered a way to sneak her flammable subject matter past the censors."figuratively