variants
or volcanos
as in time bombs
a potentially explosive place or situation
after months of tension the roommates' living situation was a volcano
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Recent Examples of volcanoes
The plates are still moving, and that movement drives geological processes such as earthquakes and the formation of volcanoes.
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
The views up top are epic though, including volcanoes and the lake.
—Essence, 13 May 2026
These vortexes form when fast winds (up to 34 mph, or 21 kph) encounter obstacles in their way like islands, mountains, or volcanoes.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 12 May 2026
And there’s like 25,000 of them that are strewn around these dormant volcanoes.
—AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
Here's where to rest your head in between hikes near active volcanoes.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 May 2026
The agency urged climbers and tour operators to comply with safety recommendations, noting that similar restrictions apply to dozens of other active volcanoes across the country currently at elevated alert levels.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
For Reykjavik native Gulla Jónsdóttir, the Aurora Borealis phenomena, molten-red erupting volcanoes, black sand shores and hot water grottoes were part of everyday life growing up.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
On the other hand, some volcanoes prefer to ambush us, even when smothered in instrumentation.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
The views up top are epic though, including volcanoes and the lake.
—Essence, 13 May 2026
These vortexes form when fast winds (up to 34 mph, or 21 kph) encounter obstacles in their way like islands, mountains, or volcanoes.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 12 May 2026
And there’s like 25,000 of them that are strewn around these dormant volcanoes.
—AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
Here's where to rest your head in between hikes near active volcanoes.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 May 2026
The agency urged climbers and tour operators to comply with safety recommendations, noting that similar restrictions apply to dozens of other active volcanoes across the country currently at elevated alert levels.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
For Reykjavik native Gulla Jónsdóttir, the Aurora Borealis phenomena, molten-red erupting volcanoes, black sand shores and hot water grottoes were part of everyday life growing up.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
On the other hand, some volcanoes prefer to ambush us, even when smothered in instrumentation.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volcanoes
Noun
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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
Noun
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There are several other emotional powder kegs that need one little spark, and those babies are going all the way off.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Despite the focus on the Middle East, the leaders took up major regional flash points, including the South China Sea territorial disputes involving Beijing, a five-year civil war in Myanmar and a recent border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.—
Jim Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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But more potential flash points loom.—
JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Volcanoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volcanoes. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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