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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Mendoza said those problems include the ticking time bomb that is the city budget’s structural deficit and how that could spell an adverse effect on Pritzker and the rest of state government.
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
With malicious bots continuously scanning the internet for open endpoints, an unprotected app is a ticking time bomb.
—Gerry Gebel, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
While the two most difficult cases of the day (so far) are buttoned up, that emotional time bomb Robby was worried about with Collins does come to pass.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s a great deal of tension going on because there’s a ticking time bomb element to it, but there’s also a desire for Frank to want to take River with him.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
With malicious bots continuously scanning the internet for open endpoints, an unprotected app is a ticking time bomb.
—Gerry Gebel, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
While the two most difficult cases of the day (so far) are buttoned up, that emotional time bomb Robby was worried about with Collins does come to pass.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s a great deal of tension going on because there’s a ticking time bomb element to it, but there’s also a desire for Frank to want to take River with him.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
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 11 Apr. 2025.
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