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volatile

A volatile is something that is volatile.

volatile

If something is volatile, it will evaporate easily. If something is volatile, it can change very easily. The problem is becoming more volatile.

volatile

evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures volatile oils volatile solvents a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor it was heated to evaporate the volatiles tending to vary often or widely volatile stocks volatile emotions (= explosive) liable to lead to sudden change or violence an explosive issue a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation (= fickle) marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments fickle friends a flirt's volatile affections

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Simple sentences

The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.
Is elemental mercury volatile?
Tom and Mary's relationship was very volatile and they argued constantly.
The volatile old man who lived next to Tom often yelled at the neighbourhood kids.
The situation has become very volatile.
It's a volatile situation.
The situation is extremely volatile.

Movie subtitles

You fainted because you're in a tense and volatile situation.
As of this date, lab report indicates presence of appreciable amount of tetralubisol, a highly volatile lubricant in use aboard ship.
But your relationship is basically volatile.
These five subjects, although psycho-chemically the least volatile of the group, almost immediately retreated into a state of self-encapsulation, refusing to communicate in any way, with either researchers or each other.
The new M3 Variant's highly volatile.
It's highly volatile.
As the battle for control of this volatile republic shakes The foundations of this old city.
You're transcendent and volatile.
I argued that television was a volatile industry. in which success and failure were determined week by week.
Mr. Jensen said he did not like volatile industries. and suggested with a certain sinister silkiness. that volatility in business usually reflected bad management.
Well, bubble memory is non-volatile.
Now, I don't know if you can understand me, but I'd like to point out how volatile soliton is when. mixed freely with oxygen.
It's never been this volatile before.
We regret the loss of our friend Ferret. His frayed and volatile temper has destroyed him.
A highly strung and volatile nation, romantic, tempestuous, proud and arrogant of their heritage, capable both of cruelty and generous kindness, the Hungarians possess a complex national makeup not easily understood.
What I'm working on is highly volatile.
What I'm working on is highly volatile too.
Yes volatile.
The equipment you refer to, Colonel, is a new type V-bomb, fully armed with a highly volatile explosive.
Like my men complaining about that thing sitting out there on the truck, containing highly volatile explosives.
Is your life always so volatile?
Volatile.
Volatile?
I argued that television was a volatile industry in which success and failure were determined week by week.
Oh, you artists are all alike- temperamental, volatile, unreasonable.
There is a wise solution, volatile mine to rid the world of cretins?
Millions more scarred, deranged by volatile new biological weapons and germ warfare.
There is a particularly large and volatile pre-spice mass there.
The situation's still as volatile as ever, is it, in.? - In.?
This morning, if I remember rightly, you stated that Miss Wickham was frivolous, volatile, and generally lacking in seriousness, am I correct?
These are volatile times, captain.

News and current affairs

The EU would benefit as well, by contributing to the stabilization of a highly volatile area.
In these volatile circumstances, greater attention must be given to the national interests of countries such as Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel.
Indeed, North Korea's behavior has since become even more volatile.
In a world of volatile exchange rates, pegging a currency to one like the dollar is highly risky.
Unemployment is at a cyclical low, and the economy appears to be less volatile than at any point in modern history.
The state income tax is not only uncompetitively high, but the revenues are volatile.
With high - and volatile - oil prices, businesses will focus their investments less on boosting productivity and more on maintaining flexible energy usage.
From climate change to volatile oil prices, all signs point to a looming global energy crisis.
Instead of becoming more modern, agriculture remained as dependent as ever on erratic monsoon rains and became even more volatile in its production.
This is not the type of volatile monetary policy that Europe wants or needs.
But falling core inflation (which excludes volatile energy and food prices) also points to weak aggregate demand.
On the contrary, electorates everywhere seem more volatile than anything else, with voters prepared to change their preferences from one poll to the next.
As long as winners with razor-thin majorities, once in office, steer a middle course, they are more likely to remain acceptable to an electorate that is more volatile than divided.
A volatile electorate can replace last time's winner, but both can try to persuade voters and govern without having to go to extremes to gain a majority.
But coming as it does only one month after the alarming Russian-Georgian confrontation, it may offer real hope that tensions in the volatile Caucasus region can be eased.
Efficiency dictates the use of fewer and larger currencies (and foreign investors, understandably wary of weak and volatile currencies, demand it).
Beyond Iran, the volatile situation throughout the Middle East urgently demands solutions.
Although the most popular politician of the uprising against Milosevic was Vojislav Kostunica, who replaced him as president, it was Djindjic who skillfully coordinated the volatile coalition that opposed the regime.
Indeed, in a volatile speculative market, where people buy and sell in anticipation of further price movements, history confirms that price movements will be hard to explain, even after the fact.
The region is a volatile mix of rising nationalism, deep economic frustration, and disillusionment about progress toward membership in the European Union.
Volatile capital flows induce volatility in the recipient economy, making booms and busts more pronounced than they would otherwise be.
These risks - most apparent in today's chaos-ridden Middle East - raise troubling questions about the security of nuclear assets in volatile countries everywhere.
But recent developments in the Middle East suggest that there are grounds for concern in other volatile countries, namely Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran.
The reasons for this have not changed: rising demand for energy, alongside concerns about climate change, volatile fossil-fuel prices, and the security of energy supplies.
PARIS: Brazil's currency devaluation earlier this year, and its difficulties since in stabilizing the real as well as its stock market, have demonstrated the importance, if any new proof was needed, of financial markets and their volatile mood swings.
Indeed, in some young democracies, or more volatile cultures, the suspension of personal feeling is not always successfully maintained.
Pakistan versus India is a devastating conflict-in-waiting, and North Korea and Iran remain volatile sources of concern.

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