Thesaurus results for TIME BOMBS

time bombs

noun

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plural of time bomb

as in volcanoes

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 bombs Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves. —

Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025

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volcanoes

Noun

On the ride itself, visitors will see high-def erupting volcanoes, frozen landscapes as well as wildlife including seals, sperm whales, polar bears and beluga whales, during a watery virtual plunge.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
Although 99 percent of Antarctica is covered with ice, the landscape still manages to be stunningly diverse—surreal blue glaciers, active volcanoes, the rough waterways of the Drake Passage, and 360-degree views of untouched snow.

— Jordi Lippe-McGraw May 20, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026