Thesaurus results for TIME BOMB

time bomb

noun

Definition of time bomb next

as in volcano

a potentially explosive place or situation the region's political instability has turned it into a ticking time bomb

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Recent Examples of time bomb 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 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 And as the population continues to age, hundreds of millions could soon be leaving the workforce — a demographic crisis and ticking time bomb in one. —

Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 21 Jan. 2026 The ticking time bomb of tariff tensions was not fully diffused, however. —

Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for time bomb

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volcano

Noun

In the distance, stretching the vista almost to its breaking point, are two snowcapped volcanoes.

— Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Butterflies, metamorphic rock, volcanoes, anything in nature that creates.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 4 May 2026