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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Le Carré is not writing of ticking time bombs or plots to overthrow democracy, but of minor skirmishes behind the lines.
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Rav Grewal-Kök
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
There is a ticking time bomb hanging over the economy this year, because Trump’s first-term tax cuts are going to expire at year-end.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 6 June 2025
For industries handling sensitive information, reliance on antiquated methods creates a ticking time bomb that fraudsters are eager to exploit.
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What a ticking time bomb today’s Americans are leaving to our children.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2025
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Rav Grewal-Kök
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
There is a ticking time bomb hanging over the economy this year, because Trump’s first-term tax cuts are going to expire at year-end.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 6 June 2025
For industries handling sensitive information, reliance on antiquated methods creates a ticking time bomb that fraudsters are eager to exploit.
—Quora, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
What a ticking time bomb today’s Americans are leaving to our children.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2025
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 2 Jul. 2025.
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