The phrase "a combustible atmosphere" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or environment that is highly volatile or prone to conflict, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The political climate has created a combustible atmosphere, making negotiations increasingly difficult."
Alternatives: "a volatile environment" or "an explosive situation".
Representative Ron Paul of Texas is essentially tied with Mr. Romney for second place, creating a combustible atmosphere as he and other rivals urgently work to slow the rapid ascent of Mr. Gingrich.
The commission said insensitivity by the Israeli "establishment" permitted widespread discrimination against Israeli Arabs and the buildup of a "combustible atmosphere," as, it said, a politicized Islam began to radicalize the population.
Crowds chanted slogans like "Reform Rotten Laws," "Bring Back Black Money" and "Hang Killers of Mother India," lending a more combustible atmosphere for the usually placid practice of yoga.
The developments aggravated the combustible atmosphere enveloping the conflict in Syria, where a 19-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has turned into a civil war that threatens to destabilize the Middle East.
It is into this combustible atmosphere that Hammam has brought his flamboyant style of ownership, with a potential for unpleasant consequences that he may nor may not fully appreciate.
And perhaps the impressionable Raptors also buckled under the combustible atmosphere created by Butch Carter's controversy du jour.
Who will catch whom?" In the combustible atmosphere of small-town India — thick with rumor, hysteria and more than a whiff of high-level corruption — the recent deaths set off a frenzy.
It was the gasoline-powered combustion engine, not a combustible engine.
The blockbuster report throws a combustible new element into Washington's already volatile political atmosphere, in which House Democrats are gearing up to launch an aggressive oversight agenda against Trump's White House, armed with subpoena power.
What a combustible mixture!
