Synonyms for time bomb
time bomb

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. time bomb, ticking bombnoun

   a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed

   "India is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off"

   Synonyms:
   ticking bomb, infernal machine

2. time bomb, infernal machinenoun

   a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time

   Synonyms:
   ticking bomb, infernal machine

Matched Categories

1. • Bomb
   • Situation

Suggested Resources

1. time bomb

   Song lyrics by time bomb -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by time bomb on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce time bomb?

How to say time bomb in sign language?

How to use time bomb in a sentence?

1. Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala:

   Grassroots stimulus through consumption is not the answer, stimulus through personal debt is just a time bomb. The benefit will be short lived, and the payback painful.

2. Arthur L Caplan:

   The use of fetuses as organ and tissue donors is a ticking time bomb of bioethics.

3. Lotta Sylwander:

   It's like a time bomb. It's ticking, and it could explode at any time.

4. Howie Mandel:

   [ At the time ] I'm running seven miles a day, I'm eating healthy, I'm doing, you know, it's this a ticking time bomb, the silent kind, and that's when I got informed what high cholesterol meant, i didn't know there was a direct correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease, stroke. I did not even think about that. I didn't think I was even close to being a candidate for anything. I didn't think I even knew anybody like that. It turns out it was me and then I got scared and now I'm on my second statin, which is perfect and it's got my numbers under control and I feel healthy. I just want to get the word out there that this is really pervasive.

5. Kevin McCarthy:

   American debt is a ticking time bomb that will detonate unless we take serious, responsible action.