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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And every so often, the virus plants a ticking time bomb in the nervous system.
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ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
One-time bomb specialist Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) is laying low with his now-teenage daughter, years after his cell got disrupted.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
Kemmler feels this is a ticking time bomb.
—Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Furthermore, the failure to understand how dark-side behaviors undermine psychological safety and collective judgment in day-to-day decision-making contributes to the ticking time bomb problem noted earlier.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
One-time bomb specialist Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) is laying low with his now-teenage daughter, years after his cell got disrupted.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
Kemmler feels this is a ticking time bomb.
—Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Furthermore, the failure to understand how dark-side behaviors undermine psychological safety and collective judgment in day-to-day decision-making contributes to the ticking time bomb problem noted earlier.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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 14 Mar. 2026.
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