atomic cocktail

Meanings:

• 1.

  Global Englishinformal
  • A highly volatile or dangerous mixture of elements or factors that is likely to produce a dramatic, destructive, or explosive outcome.

• 2.

  American EnglishBritish Englishinformal
  • A name applied to a strongly alcoholic or theatrically potent cocktail, especially in mid-20th-century popular culture.

• 3.

  Global Englishinformal
  • A chaotic, overwhelming, or disastrously messy situation or person characterized by extreme intensity or instability.

• 4.

  Global Englishinformal
  • An especially intense or potent combination of influences, emotions, or substances.