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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Mendoza said those problems include the ticking time bomb that is the city budget’s structural deficit and how that could spell an adverse effect on Pritzker and the rest of state government.
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Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Go deeper: Malware's AI time bomb Want more stories like this?
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Mendoza said those problems include the ticking time bomb that is the city budget’s structural deficit and how that could spell an adverse effect on Pritzker and the rest of state government.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
With malicious bots continuously scanning the internet for open endpoints, an unprotected app is a ticking time bomb.
—Gerry Gebel, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Time bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20bomb. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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