Thesaurus results for TIME BOMB

time bomb

noun

Definition of time bomb

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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Recent Examples of time bomb During this same year, Chemours sued the other DuPont companies, claiming it had been handed a financial time bomb because of the PFAS liability it had been left with. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 Malloy crisscrossed the state during his first few months in office, holding 17 town meetings to explain the fiscal ticking time bomb represented by unfunded pension obligations. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for time bomb

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volcano

Noun

Its most important building, the Kraton or Sultan’s Palace, was placed equidistant between the Indian Ocean to the south and the still-active volcano Mount Merapi to the north.

— Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 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