time bomb
noun
1
: a bomb so made as to explode at a predetermined time
2
: something with a potentially dangerous or detrimental delayed reaction
Examples of time bomb in a Sentence
He's a time bomb getting ready to explode.
If we don't do something about the pollution problem, we'll be sitting on a ticking time bomb.
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But as family trauma in Syria is expressed in long lists of names and multiple dimensions of torture and suffering, without justice, such diversity could be a ticking time bomb in a society fractured along many lines.
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
This is on top of the major cyber espionage against nine telecom companies, against hacking of U.S. infrastructure that incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said was planting cyber time bombs in U.S. infrastructure.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
There were some curious selection decisions, not least persisting with the ticking time bomb that is Wout Faes and broadly ignoring Ricardo Pereira.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
And Waves, the Czech ticking time bomb historical thriller, audience award winner at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, won over the Academy.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
This is on top of the major cyber espionage against nine telecom companies, against hacking of U.S. infrastructure that incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said was planting cyber time bombs in U.S. infrastructure.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
There were some curious selection decisions, not least persisting with the ticking time bomb that is Wout Faes and broadly ignoring Ricardo Pereira.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
And Waves, the Czech ticking time bomb historical thriller, audience award winner at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, won over the Academy.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Time bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20bomb. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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