Thesaurus results for TIME BOMB

time bomb

noun

Definition of time bomb

as in volcano

a potentially explosive place or situation the region's political instability has turned it into a ticking time bomb

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Recent Examples of time bomb Can people avoid the ticking HSA tax time bomb? — Medora Lee, USA Today, 20 May 2026 The decay of our roads and bridges in Randallstown and Owings Mills is a fiscal time bomb; every dollar saved by ignoring a pothole today becomes ten dollars in reconstruction costs tomorrow. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 Neighbors said the drunken Queens man who broke into his estranged wife’s home and set off a gas explosion seemed like anything but a ticking time bomb. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026 The time and cost of trials is a huge part of that, and is especially important because of the ticking time bomb of drug patents. — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for time bomb

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volcano

Noun

Yellowstone remains an active volcano Yellowstone sits above a hotspot where heat from deep inside Earth melts rock beneath the crust.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Mount Krakatoa, an island volcano in what is now Indonesia, entered its catastrophic eruption phase.

— USA Today, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026