Synonyms for time bomb
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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

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1. Sharon Allen:

   These are mentally unstable people and there's not enough nurses, we do have a ticking time bomb.

2. Ed Markey:

   Every single one of these Takata air bags could be a ticking time bomb.

3. Arthur L Caplan:

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

4. Kitso Mokaila:

   Tell me, why would you have an asset that has no value ? That is the fundamental question. If people are to look after our wildlife, there must be a value attached to it. Otherwise, we are sitting on a ticking time-bomb.

5. Vlado Azinovic:

   We are seeing a completely new generation of children who were raised on the battlefield or near the battlefield, they are like a time bomb for any country they may end up in.