Thesaurus results for TIME BOMB

time bomb

noun

Definition of time bomb

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 That is a real fiscal time bomb that could set off generational warfare in Washington. — Editorial, Boston Herald, 24 May 2026 Can people avoid the ticking HSA tax time bomb? — Medora Lee, USA Today, 20 May 2026 The decay of our roads and bridges in Randallstown and Owings Mills is a fiscal time bomb; every dollar saved by ignoring a pothole today becomes ten dollars in reconstruction costs tomorrow. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 Neighbors said the drunken Queens man who broke into his estranged wife’s home and set off a gas explosion seemed like anything but a ticking time bomb. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for time bomb

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volcano

Noun

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington Washington’s Mount Rainier National Park is named for the tallest volcano in the Cascade Range.

— Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
Earth’s moon—which also has the advantage of being 50 percent larger than Pluto and of having volcanoes that once spewed actual lava instead of mere water—fully deserves planethood by these very same metrics.

— Mike Brown, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026