time bomb
noun
1
: a bomb so made as to explode at a predetermined time
2
: something with a potentially dangerous or detrimental delayed reaction
Examples of time bomb in a Sentence
He's a time bomb getting ready to explode.
If we don't do something about the pollution problem, we'll be sitting on a ticking time bomb.
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Liam’s family members called him something else: a time bomb about to explode.
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2025
Coincidentally, Japan’s population peaked in 2011, so don’t give me this demographic time bomb narrative.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Doug is a ticking time bomb …on several levels, probably.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
That would mean a country suffering from the particular malaise that’s afflicted Japan, Norway, the U.K. and elsewhere: an aging population with a dwindling worker base, essentially an economic ticking time bomb.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2025
Coincidentally, Japan’s population peaked in 2011, so don’t give me this demographic time bomb narrative.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Doug is a ticking time bomb …on several levels, probably.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
That would mean a country suffering from the particular malaise that’s afflicted Japan, Norway, the U.K. and elsewhere: an aging population with a dwindling worker base, essentially an economic ticking time bomb.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for time bomb
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“Time bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20bomb. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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