Thesaurus results for VOLCANO

volcano

noun

väl-ˈkā-(ˌ)nō

Definition of volcano

as in time bomb

a potentially explosive place or situation after months of tension the roommates' living situation was a volcano

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Recent Examples of volcano Hibachi chefs erected onion volcanoes and squirted sake into the mouths of guests. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026 And on the Italian island of Stromboli, formed by the tip of a volcano, a school reopened last month after 20 years with a single student. — Lefteris Pitarakis, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 And not just any velociraptor, but the enraged dinosaur that pushed franchise champion Rachel Reilly into a volcano, thereby burning the reality TV icon to a crisp in a sea of lava. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026 Recent studies discovered the planet is more volcanically active than previously thought, but the researchers found that ash belched out by Venusian volcanoes is not the source of haze particles. — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for volcano

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These privileged few will be sitting on a time bomb of their own making, similar to that faced by political and economic elites during the waning years of the Ming dynasty.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
In Europe, multiethnic capitals are pilloried by the far right as demographic time bombs, ground zero for invasions of unwanted foreigners.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of time bomb

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Voting by mail has been a flash point since the 2020 presidential election when Philadelphia and Pennsylvania sat at the center of controversy.

— Heather LaMarre, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
James’s appointment has become the latest flash point in the swelling controversy over the 2024 incident and its handling by officials.

— Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2026

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