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

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

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.