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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Krypto flying the time bomb into the sky causes an explosion that sends a plane veering out of control.
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Darren Franich, Vulture, 16 July 2025
The combination of financial illiteracy and problematic money management leads many to be unaware of the ticking time bombs which underlie their financial circumstances.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
The time bomb is ticking—and consumers should begin bracing for the explosion.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Le Carré is not writing of ticking time bombs or plots to overthrow democracy, but of minor skirmishes behind the lines.
—Rav Grewal-Kök
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
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Darren Franich, Vulture, 16 July 2025
The combination of financial illiteracy and problematic money management leads many to be unaware of the ticking time bombs which underlie their financial circumstances.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
The time bomb is ticking—and consumers should begin bracing for the explosion.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Le Carré is not writing of ticking time bombs or plots to overthrow democracy, but of minor skirmishes behind the lines.
—Rav Grewal-Kök
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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