time bomb

NOUN

bomb with a timer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

powder keg

WEAK

infernal machine time fuse

Example Sentences

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Maybe I could just stay here in this chair and life would go on as though Elliot wasn’t holding a ticking time bomb.

From Literature

In other words, this was a time bomb waiting to go off.

From BBC

But being around them is a ticking time bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal

He likens the court documents on top of his desk to a time bomb that he refuses to touch.

From The Wall Street Journal

Everyone was looking at him, as if he were six and throwing a temper tantrum, or like he was a time bomb, about to erupt any second.

From Literature