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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The ticking bullpen time bomb had finally detonated.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
Americans managed to treat its premise as a ticking time bomb for practically the entire run of the series.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
Americans managed to treat its premise as a ticking time bomb for practically the entire run of the series.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for time bomb
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“Time bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20bomb. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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