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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Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Mendoza said those problems include the ticking time bomb that is the city budget’s structural deficit and how that could spell an adverse effect on Pritzker and the rest of state government.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
With malicious bots continuously scanning the internet for open endpoints, an unprotected app is a ticking time bomb.
—Gerry Gebel, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
While the two most difficult cases of the day (so far) are buttoned up, that emotional time bomb Robby was worried about with Collins does come to pass.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
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Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Mendoza said those problems include the ticking time bomb that is the city budget’s structural deficit and how that could spell an adverse effect on Pritzker and the rest of state government.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
With malicious bots continuously scanning the internet for open endpoints, an unprotected app is a ticking time bomb.
—Gerry Gebel, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
While the two most difficult cases of the day (so far) are buttoned up, that emotional time bomb Robby was worried about with Collins does come to pass.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time bomb
volcano
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Axial Seamount is one of countless volcanoes that are underwater.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The flight from Paris to the island of Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, takes 11 hours, skirting the smoldering crater of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano before landing just shy of the water.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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“Time bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20bomb. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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