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
The options for hiking in North County include everything from lagoons to canyons and even the remains of a volcano.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
The Warriors have spent half a decade waiting for the breakout, treating his athleticism like a dormant volcano.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Its existence may explain why Bermuda did not sink after its volcanoes shut down tens of millions of years ago, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2025
The eruption reshaped the volcano’s summit, creating two new craters.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
The Warriors have spent half a decade waiting for the breakout, treating his athleticism like a dormant volcano.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Its existence may explain why Bermuda did not sink after its volcanoes shut down tens of millions of years ago, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2025
The eruption reshaped the volcano’s summit, creating two new craters.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volcano
Noun
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Julian Markston has been a ticking time bomb throughout this Matlock season.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
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Tackling this ticking time bomb requires swift and decisive action—the kind America excels at.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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This week’s incident was the spark many feared amid a growing powder keg of heightened activity by immigration authorities in Minneapolis and nationwide.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 2026
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In the update, Cumberbatch and Colman play a seemingly perfect husband and wife with the perfect family, but underneath the façade is a powder keg of resentment and fierce competition that eventually blows.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Policymakers expect other flash points.—
Alan Greenblatt,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The controversy was the latest flash point in rural Hood County between local governments’ efforts to grow their communities economically and their citizens who want to preserve a rural quality of life.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Volcano.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volcano. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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