The phrase "explosive conflict" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a highly intense or volatile disagreement or confrontation. Example: The political debate turned into an explosive conflict as the two candidates fiercely argued their opposing views.
An explosive conflict between the police and residents in 1978 led to several changes in the department.
The cold war ended, only to be replaced by the explosive conflict of secular and theocratic worlds.
In the north the Kurds have carved out an autonomous and largely peaceful enclave (see article) although there is potentially explosive conflict over the status of Kirkuk.
Accurately or not, you could hardly avoid thinking of explosive conflict and random terror when presented with the seemingly aimless, numbing 10-minute barrage of violent clusters in the newly composed "Skia" ("Shadow," in Greek).
Mr. Kelley opted for radical surgery: writing a season finale that included an explosive conflict among the law partners, which created an opportunity to send several members of the firm -- especially the actors making the most money -- packing.
The Balkan states may not have served as directly as the tinderbox for World War II as they did for World War I, but there is little doubt they were also an important component of the volatile political mix that fueled that second great explosive conflict.
Under Dr. Bowker, explosive conflicts with students never reached that level, though he was eyed warily by campus radicals.
But, stepping back, this is what I see: The Times sent a reporter overseas to provide disinterested coverage of one of the world's most intense and potentially explosive conflicts, and now his son has taken up arms for one side.
Instead, it could add an explosive new conflict to an already heavy list of bilateral frictions.
But the first stage cannot be delayed much longer without running the risk of an explosive regional conflict.
Now Iraqi Shiites are joining the battle in increasing numbers, but on the government's side, transplanting Iraq's explosive sectarian conflict to a civil war that is increasingly fueled by religious rivalry.
