The region's hair triggers meant that any small incident could escalate into a full-scale conflict.

The sergeant warned that his hair trigger could put the whole unit at risk.

The politician's hair trigger temper made every debate dangerously unpredictable.

The antique pistol had a hair-trigger that made it dangerous to handle.

After the argument, his hair-trigger temper made everyone tread carefully.

In the tense meeting, the already strained negotiators were hair-triggers, ready to lash out at the smallest offense.