He had always been able to defuse a potentially explosive situation.

"In an explosive situation, the responsible thing to do is defuse the mine."

They were given when an official didn't want to leave a paper trail to or from a potentially explosive situation.

The explosive situation in Ukraine makes this report very much one of its time.

The international community needs to take action now to help resolve this potentially explosive situation.

All the above, and much more, has led to the potentially explosive situation that we see today.

I expect the explosive situation in Gaza will be high on the agenda.

I would ask the Council to continue to address this explosive situation.

"He's had a very soothing influence on what potentially has been an explosive situation."

In this explosive situation, it's better that he takes all the power.