Synonyms of time bombs

time bombs

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• volcanoes
• powder kegs
• flash points
• hot buttons
• third rails
• tinderboxes

Example Sentences

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