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 Don’t mound mulch like a volcano or pile it against the trunk because this can introduce pests and diseases. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 July 2026 Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg was trapped in Italy amid an active volcano eruption. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026 Its dormant volcano, known as the Quill, dominates the southern part of the island. — R. Grant Gilmore Iii, The Conversation, 30 June 2026 The breakthrough was announced in a press conference at the Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli Vittorio Emanuele III, just 40 miles away from the famous volcano, on Thursday, June 25, by researchers working on the Vesuvius Challenge. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for volcano

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The sobering Social Security and Medicare reports clearly show that a fiscal time bomb is ticking.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 11 June 2026
That is a real fiscal time bomb that could set off generational warfare in Washington.

— Editorial, Boston Herald, 24 May 2026

Definition of time bomb

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However, internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, which will sweep the Westies into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into the Italian mafia.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 June 2026
The scene isn’t just a powder keg of tension that leads to frenzied bedlam; its cynical depiction of human self-preservation is far more terrifying than any horror movie monster.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026

Definition of powder keg

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For this spiritual succession is not merely a religious event, but a critical flash point amid a struggle for influence over a faith practiced by almost 500 million people worldwide.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Shakespeare’s haughty Roman war hero, revered on the battlefield yet reviled by hungry plebeians, becomes the flash point in a young democracy tearing itself apart over power and sacrifice.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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