time bomb

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time bomb Definition

• (n) 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"
• (n) a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time

time bomb Synonyms

• infernal machine
• ticking bomb
• time bomb